TITLE

Tapping urban insurance market

AUTHOR(S)
Roberts, Sally
PUB. DATE
June 1998
SOURCE
Business Insurance;06/01/98, Vol. 32 Issue 22, p33
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Focuses on the urban insurance market in the United States, highlighting two veteran insurance professionals assisting and establishing minority-owned insurance companies and agencies. What the urban market comprises of; Reference to a study conducted by Hartford, Connecticut-based Conning and Company in 1997; Information on the study conducted; Comments from Hank Hubbard, chief operating officer of the Robert Plan Corporation in Long Island New York.
ACCESSION #
719408

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