More students, more graduates, more jobs as disabled veterans launch their insurance careers—plus an exciting new partnership with The National Alliance By Elisabeth Boone, CPCU Most of us would agree that, when it comes to second chances, no one deserves them more than our brave military veterans who are coming home with what often are serious and disabling injuries. Thanks to their rigorous training, discipline, and leadership skills, veterans make
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Are humans necessary to deliver a policy from the insurer to the client? I started out in the insurance industry as an agent almost 40 years ago. It was 1977 and there were no computers, cell phones or fax machines. No spell-check, only a Webster dictionary next to my electric typewriter, plus an ample (thankfully) supply of Wite-Out. It was the year that Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak launched their
Initial positive response from insurance sector for “too big to fail” insurers Officials of the Federal Reserve System proposed new rules governing capital reserves for two classes of insurance enterprises: insurers that own a bank holding company and insurers deemed to be Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SiFi). Early responses to the proposal from property/casualty insurance interests welcomed the proposals. The Federal Reserve officials announced plans to accept public comments until
