Program Directory, Vol. II

In this Issue

Features

U.S. Senate Candidates (Not all those listed were up for election in...
Business Moves
Business Moves
State Auto, Rockhill Insurance Group State Automobile Mutual...
Features
Estimating the Credit Crisis Insurance Losses
On Nov. 5, 2008, the insurance information firm Advisen issued an...
Features
Wanted: Agencies Focusing on Hispanic Market
The brains behind the insurance agency consolidation firm Confie...
Features
Agents Speak Out on ‘Putting Back the Pieces’ After Brooke
Brooke Group Declares Bankruptcy, Faces Rico Charges, More Lawsuits...
Features
Insurance Dollars an Electoral Force in Midwestern States
Congressional candidates from the Midwestern states of Illinois,...
Editor's Note
Industry Contributes Big Bucks to Midwest Candidates
Candidates on Both Sides of the Aisle Benefit Interestingly enough,...
People & Places
People
Safeco Insurance and Indiana Insurance, both Liberty Mutual Agency...
Closing Quote
What the 2008 Election Means for Independent Agents
With incoming President-elect Barack Obama and major increases in the...
Features
Employee Retention: A Best Bet in Any Economy
Employee retention programs drive better bottom line performance in...
Features
Don’t Just Translate It
Why Advertising for Hispanic Consumers Should be Written in Spanish...
It Figures
It Figures
1.4 Million According to the Michigan AAA, an estimated 1.4 million...
Features
How Valuing Diversity Can Boost Sales
Federal and state laws make discrimination in the workplace illegal...
Declarations
Declarations
Obama on Climate, Jobs "My presidency will mark a new chapter in...

National Coverage

Features
Aon Outlines Insurance Program for Troubled Financial Assets
In testimony in mid-November before the House Committee on Financial...
Features
There’s No Wrong or Right Time for an M&A
But Finding Financing Has Gotten Tougher When it comes to acquiring...
Features
Somali Pirates Heighten Menace
Insurers Increasingly Concerned Over Growing Threat of Attacks Yo,...
Features
All Claims Are Local
Multinational Claims Require Knowledge of Culture, Currency and Legal...
Features
Environmental Liability: What’s Good Today, Could Be Bad Tomorrow
Environmental Insurance Delivers the Best Shield of Defense Against...
New Markets
New Markets
The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of...
Features
17th Annual Program Directory, Volume II
Welcome to Insurance Journal's 17th Annual Program Directory, Volume...
Features
Program Market’s ‘Best in Class’
Four Program Administrators Join the Ranks of Best Practices...
Features
Lloyd’s Expects U.S. To Adopt Federal Regulation of Insurance
Pushed by the global economic crisis, the United States is expected...
Features
New Catastrophe Bonds on Hold Pending Reinsurance Market Hardening
Disaster insurance bonds are one of the few assets to make any money...
Minding Your Business
Sales & Marketing Planning
Part 1: Setting Your Course It is that time of year again; time to...