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08/24/10 | The RiskProNet Fall General Meeting Will be Held in San Diego, CA on October 25-26, 2010Kevin Stipe, Reagan Consulting will be the key note speaker at the Fall General Meeting to be held October 25-26, 2010 in San Diego, CA. [more] 08/24/10 | Marketing and Placement Mangers to Meeting in Chicago on October 18-19, 2010The annual meeting of the Marketing & Placement Managers have chosen a tentative date of October 18-19, 2010, for their next meeting, which will be held in Chicago. [more] 08/24/10 | Construction Practice Group to Meet in ChicagoThe RiskProNet Construction Practice Group will hold its annual meeting in Chicago Oct. 4-5 at the Sutton Place Hotel. The agenda will include technical discussions, as well as outstanding speakers. [more] 08/23/10 | Health Care Reform Focusing on Allowable Expense RatioThe current focus of health care reform is determining which health insurance expenses will be included in meeting the required 80 percent medical loss ratio. Although the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has until Dec. 31 to complete its work, all concerned would like for it to be completed earlier, the National Association of Health Underwriters recently advised members. The initial target date for completion was August, but it now appears that September is more realistic. An early decision is important to give insurance carriers time to set rates for next year. [more] 08/23/10 | Rough Notes Cover Story Features Brady, Chapman, Holland & AssociatesBrady, Chapman, Holland & Associates is featured in Rough Notes magazine´s cover story as the Marketing Agency of the Month, thanks to its multiple approaches to achieving success. One of BCH´s inspirations came from the book Good to Great, Jeff Brady, president and CEO, told the magazine. "What was it that we were passionate about?" we asked. "We realized that we were circling around one central theme: We were passionate about developing, retaining and nurturing relationships." [more] 08/22/10 | Hot Summer Sale Tips on Environmental InsuranceWhat´s new in environmental insurance? RiskProNet recently talked about the "hot environmental insurance sales tips for the summer months" with David Dybdahl, CPCU, ARM, president of American Risk Management Resource Network, LLC. Here are some of his suggestions: [more] 07/29/10 | New Federal Lead-Safe Renovation Rules Affect Remodeling ContractorsNew Environmental Protection Agency regulations on housing renovation mean that many construction-related businesses, ranging from electricians to sprinkler contractors, may need additional pollution liability coverage, the Construction Practice Group learned at its recent conference call. [more] 07/28/10 | Health Care ReformThe recently passed federal health care bill "fails to fix what´s broken," said Janet Trautwein, CEO of the National Association of Health Underwriters and speaker at the recent RiskProNet Employee Benefits Practice Group meeting. "The high cost of health care is the primary problem with our current health care system and unfortunately the ´Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act´ (HR 3590) does little to truly rein in these costs.," she said. "Health care costs are rising at an unsustainable rate, and if we don´t get these costs under control, we will no longer be able to deliver the top-notch medical care that most Americans enjoy today. [more] 07/26/10 | Ways to Find Business Clients Through Twitter, FacebookA mortgage company has 13,411 followers on Twitter, and has cut its pay-per-click Internet advertising budget in half. The marketing director´s wife is in life insurance, and is about to give up local newspaper advertising in favor of Twitter. (See vocabulary at end of the article if you aren´t sure what a Twitter follower is.) [more] 07/25/10 | Construction Practice Group Looks at Topics from Rating Agencies to Surety BondingTopics ranging from agent responsibilities in determining the financial viability of carriers to workplace safety were on the agenda at the recent meeting of the RiskProNet Construction Practice Group in Chicago. The two-day meeting opened with a presentation by Patrick H. Cantilo, partner in the law firm of Cantilo & Bennett, L.L.P., on "Rating Agencies and the Role of the Agent/Broker." (Watch for an article on his presentation in an upcoming newsletter.) [more] 07/23/10 | Cutting Costs by Working SmarterWhat´s the best way to cut costs? Some RiskProNet members have reduced costs by thousands of dollars simply by working smarter. Brenda Grow of SullivanCurtisMonroe recently led a Commercial Lines Practice Group teleconference on achieving internal savings. Here are some of the ideas. [more] |
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