Brand Management & Sales
New York Hedge Fund Launches Bermuda Reinsurer
Sandell Asset Management Corp., the activist hedge-fund firm run by Tom Sandell, started a Bermuda-based reinsurer to support its investing strategy. Sandell Re will rely on the hedge fund to oversee ...
Allstate Is The Latest P/C Insurer to Pursue Texas Expansion
Allstate Insurance Company said it wants to bring close to 300 additional jobs to Texas focused on both agency ownership and sales. The U.S.'s largest publicly held personal lines insurer explained ...
Google to Face Obstacles Selling Insurance Online, Says Overstock.com CEO
Those now running comparison insurance shopping websites believe that they could be helped if Google enters into the business. The reason: the giant search engine could draw more attention to buying ...
Comparenow.com Announces Name Change
Insurance price comparison website comparenow.com has announced that it will now operate as compare.com. According to a statement, the company decided to create a simpler identity following recent ...
Chilton Named CEO of A.J. Gallager’s UK Division
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced Friday that Grahame "Chily" Chilton has been named CEO of the company's UK-based international brokerage division, subject to regulatory approval. Chilton will ...
Where Insurers Rank Among World’s Top Brands
Only two insurance organizations rank among the top 50 most valuable brands in the world, according to a ranking published this week—and no insurers hold the highest brand rating of AAA+ awarded by ...
Should Carriers Invest in Technology to Boost Agency Ties?
Property/casualty insurance agents—across all age groups and specializations—say their relationships with carriers are more valuable than the technology that carriers put in place to help them, a ...
Help Us Find More Business, Agents Tell Carriers
Carrier relationships are more helpful than technology in all areas of service that agents deliver to customers, but carriers are least helpful in both relationships and technology when they're ...