An Inspirational Interview with Ely Kaplansky, President of Kaplansky Insurance
Ely Kaplansky talks with Agency Checklists about his life as an independent agent and his views on the Massachusetts insurance industry.
CNA’s Commercial Underwriting Officer Charlie O’Donnell Talks About Being Back in Boston and His Plans for New England
Last month CNA announced that Massachusetts-native Charlie O’Donnell would now be based in its Boston office as its Commercial Underwriting Officer for New England. CNA said that in this position Mr. O’Donnell will be adding local underwriting leadership and technical underwriting capabilities to the New …Read More
The Bank Owned Agency: James Herrick of The Berkshire Insurance Group
Jim Herrick has tackled insurance from all sides. First working for the family-owned Toole Insurance, then as a company man for Berkshire Mutual/Worcester and Hanover and now as Vice President of Personal Lines for The Berkshire Insurance Group, the insurance agency subsidiary of Berkshire Hills …Read More
Musings on the MAIP from the Urban and Urbane Agent, John Gallagher of The John C. Gallagher Insurance Agency.
The John C. Gallagher Insurance Agency has been selling auto insurance on Dorchester Avenue for over 50 years in a former dining car beside the Fields Corner subway station. First as an assigned risk broker, then an ERP and now an urban agent with a …Read More
Listening and Learning from A Master – Agency Checklists Talks with Bob Dowling, The Dowling Insurance Agency
Bob Dowling, of The Dowling Insurance Agency, has spent more than 50 years in the insurance business. The first 29 as a company man for Kemper Insurance and then another 28 (and counting) as the President and Owner of The Dowling Insurance Agency, A Five …Read More
Exiting with Integrity: Chatting with Richard Savage, The Savage Insurance Agency
Richard Savage, 68, has been a mainstay of Inman Square in Cambridge for over 30 years. On the announcement of the sale of his agency to the KW Insurance Agency, Mr. Savage sat down with Agency Checklists to reflect on his career, the state of …Read More
Talking with Geoff Gordon of the Andrew G. Gordon, Inc. Insurance Agency
Agency Checklists’ new biweekly Question & Answer column will speak with movers and shakers in the Massachusetts insurance marketplace – be they agents, insurance companies or insurance associations. We want to see what they’re up to and what they think about the state of the …Read More