Broken Glass BUILDING A POWERHOUSE WITH PASSION Miami agent grows her benefits business from the ground up, partners with P-C agency By Elisabeth Boone, CPCU “Passion” is defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as an “intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction.” That definition could have been conceived with Rachel Sapoznik in mind. Since 1987, she has harnessed her passion to focus on building her agency from a startup to one
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Public Policy Analysis & Opinion By Kevin P. Hennosy WHAT IF WE SPREAD THE RISK OF FINANCIAL LOSS? A federal reinsurance backstop is a centrist approach that could address several coverage problems About 115 years ago, the United States constructed a central banking function that we know today as the Federal Reserve System, or “The Fed.” Policymakers with responsibility for the insurance sector could learn from the history that led
NEW MEXICO ACCOUNT MANAGER WINS NATIONAL ALLIANCE 2020 CSR AWARD It’s all in the attitude By Alice Ashby Roettger Consider a personality elixir of flexibility, optimism and a love of people, then translate it into the workaday world and you have Judi Vaughn CIC, CISR, the National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research 2020 Outstanding Customer Service Representative of the Year. During her 15-year tenure at Kysar Millennium Leavitt Insurance
Broken Glass SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY Trading Capitol Hill glamour for a post in her family agency was the right move for this talented professional By Elisabeth Boone, CPCU High-level meetings … elegant cocktail parties … sleek black limousines … gourmet dining … That’s how most of us envision life on Capitol Hill, and in fact it’s a fairly accurate description of the perks enjoyed by those whose
Public Policy Analysis & Opinion By Kevin P. Hennosy THERE BE DRAGONS “Abusive” offshore insurance operations draw federal attention Like Santa Claus does, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Senate Finance Committee are “making a list and checking it twice.” That is where the comparison between the legendary jolly ol’ elf and federal authorities ends, because the latter’s list consists of only the names
