APRIL 2008
FEATURES
Cover Story:
Doing it right
New agency takes business from the big guys.

Specialty Lines:
Special events, promotions and weather
Creativity is the key.

Marketing:
Any which way we can
AmTrust grows organically, geographically, and via strategic acquisitions.

Technology:
Leads and more
InsWeb's AgentInsider platform provides agents with a new source for online leads and other tools to enhance their online presence.

Benefits:
Listen to clients
Responding to client problems led Brennan & Stuart
into employee benefits.

Other Feature Stories:  
Changing course
Set on a career in finance, Ray Tedder fell in love with insurance.

Hurricane relief
Weather derivatives offer some advantages over CAT bonds.

2008 RIMS Conference preview
Education sessions vary in complexity; networking opportunities abound.

RIMS razzle-dazzle
President talks about plans for the year, with risk manager quality matrix heading the list.

Loss control: Mission critical for captives
The loss control program will determine the future viability of any captive.

Here and abroad
PLUS D&O Symposium eyes overseas exposures, U.S. subprime crisis.

AAMGA Special Section
Table of Contents & Schedule.

"Out with the old, in with the new" doesn't apply at AAMGA
Assumption of AAMGA presidency represents transition
rather than change

Making its presence known on Capitol Hill
AAMGA Governmental Affairs Committee assumes
more active role.

An educational smorgasbord
AAMGA University continues to succeed as it hones its offerings.

Promoting the cause
Marketing Committee advances the AAMGA agenda.

The Under Forty Organization
Growing group stresses education, networking and leadership.

Membership Committee is multi-faceted
New challenge is the creation of a human resources subcommittee.

Getting the message out
Communication subcommittee speaks and listens
to improve AAMGA brand.

The Rough Notes Company presents 2008 Community Service Award

Specialty supermarket
Wholesaler WKF&C combines a broad appetite with high-tech savvy.

 

COLUMNS
Critical Issue Report—Upon further review—The IRS reverses its proposal concerning the taxation of captives
By Michael J. Moody, MBA, ARM

Agency Marketing Technology—A conversation with young agents
By Steve Anderson

Winning Strategies—Impossible or attainable?
By Roger Sitkins

Strengthening the Front Line—Professional impressions
By Emily Huling, CIC, CMC

AAIS Perspective—Builders risk sub—limits
By Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU

Risk Management—The skinny on crime insurance
By Donald S. Malecki, CPCU

Customer Service Focus—Key players on the insurance team
By Peggy Lund, CIC

Benefits Business—HR execs tune into strategies addressing
employee productivity
By Len Strazewski

Beyond Insurance—The stewardship review
By Scott Addis

Risk Managers' Forum—Thinking beyond OSHA
By Mark Gaskamp, CIC, CRM, CPCU, ARM, CSP, ALCM

Public Policy Analysis & Opinion—He said, she said
By Kevin P. Hennosy

To The Point—The battle of the ages still rages—Should McCarran—Ferguson be scrapped in favor of an optional federal charter?
By Emanuel Levy

Building Equity Value—Leveraging organic growth through
written service timelines
By Ed Budanauro

Lessons in Leadership—A story of two salespeople
By Robert L. Bailey

Enterprise Risk Management—Subprime fallout
By Michael J. Moody, MBA, ARM

 

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