A View From The Press Box

Insurers are their own worst enemy. They just keep shooting themselves in the foot! The latest example is how they’ve handed their foes on health insurance reform fresh ammunition, right after President Obama and his allies were left shooting blanks. Read the rest of this entry »

While my first experience last week as a juror in a civil suit (after serving only on criminal trials before) wasn’t exactly something out of “Law & Order,” the case did provide some interesting insights into how difficult it is to decide who is telling the truth on the witness stand, and how fair our judicial system ultimately is. Read the rest of this entry »

I am thrilled to announce that my blog has been nominated as a finalist for an American Business Media Neal Award–sort of the Oscars for business-to-business journalists! Read the rest of this entry »

Did you folks happen to catch the premiere episode of “Undercover Boss” on CBS Sunday night, after the Super Bowl? It’s about CEOs taking on lower-level jobs in their companies, where they get their hands dirty and see how their operation really functions. I think it would be a great idea if insurance industry CEOs did that at least once a year–on- or off-camera! Read the rest of this entry »