The Young Pro-Files HOME SWEET MARQUETTE HOME Young CEO chooses location first and successful insurance career follows By Christopher W. Cook In the insurance industry, certain dedicated young professionals stand out among their peers and are members of an elite squad of individuals. These are their stories. “Dun dun.” There’s an old saying that goes “home is where you hang your hat,” or the idea that one can accept any
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SUCCESS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION Top 100 agency celebrates attainments in business … and caring By Barley Dennison On May first of this year, the Moody Insurance Agency of Denver, Colorado, celebrated 50 years of developing trusted relationships with people and businesses looking to protect themselves against the risk of loss. The agency was started by Evan Moody in 1972, who today serves as chief executive officer. In its
REC MARINE OR WRECK MARINE? An unprecedented decade for the recreational marine market By Christopher Pesce A transformation has been underway for the past several years in the recreational marine aka “rec marine” insurance industry. It generally encompasses two unique product classes, boats and yachts in one and marine facilities (including marinas, boat dealers and yacht clubs) in the other. Historically, both classes of rec marine have experienced what amounts
ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS A&E professional liability market stays steady despite trauma of Florida condo collapse By Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU The collapse of a condominium structure in Surfside, Florida, in June 2021 was the type of event likely to trigger a searching reappraisal of risk management and insurance underwriting for the professional liability of architects, engineers, and other design professionals. To be sure, firms specializing in structural and geotechnical
Young Professionals WORKCATIONS By Christopher W. Cook The other day (a phrase in my vocabulary that means any time within the past decade or so) I saw an article with the word “workcation” in its title. This word was unfamiliar to me. I understood the “work” part and the suffix “cation” reminded me of vacation, but the idea of working during a vacation seemed bizarre to me. But then
