AGENCY PARTNERS Partnership, customer focus, digital engagement, and innovation provide foundation for independent agency channel growth “Independent agents are at the heart of everything we do.” Agents and brokers just love to hear those words from carriers, especially when they’re accompanied by actions. At Safeco, Tyler Asher is working to make sure his firm lives out the words in a variety of ways. Asher has been with the insurer since
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Broken Glass Talented team drives agency’s success and carries on a proud tradition Some of us remember when women’s place in the business world was in the steno pool, running the copier, or at the coffee maker. Much has changed since then, but even today women represent only a small percentage of agency owners and executives. Breaking that mold is The Flanders Group, an independent agency based in Pittsford, New
Public Policy Analysis & Opinion American International Group is no longer a non-bank systemic risk but is still an insurance company. (Just in case state officials and the NAIC wondered.) “The Friday Afternoon News Dump” is a term of art in the unholy union of journalism and public relations. The term describes the release of newsworthy information on a Friday—when most deadlines for filing have passed. Friday afternoon traditionally was
Manager and mentor—a two-hatted lady In his letter recommending Brianne Head, CIC, CRIS, for the 2017 Outstanding CSR of the Year Award, Tom Martina, vice president of Southwest Risk in Dallas, Texas, summed up her qualities in one word: “She is just that, outstanding.” Other nominators agreed with that moniker, citing specific qualities that make Brianne, director of client services for Dallas-based Independent Insurance Group, Inc., worthy of the honor.
Public Policy Analysis & Opinion NAIC rejects plan for in-depth study of auto insurance pricing In the late summer of 2017, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) launched a headlong attack on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The CFA’s J. Robert (Bob) Hunter charged that the NAIC “discredited itself by bowing to industry pressure” with regard to an auto insurance study. Hunter—a bow-tie-favoring rogue actuary—fired another rhetorical broadside
