A Fond Farewell

Publications such as the National Underwriter are very important, for they provide an “outside look” at our business. Many of the key figures among insurance journalists have, over the years, provided important insight and leadership, with some playing particularly important roles in our history. It was Colonel Chauncey Ransom, a Boston publisher and trade journalist, who inspired the formation of the Boston Life Underwriters Association and who later, in 1980, was the catalyst that brought together a handful of state and local associations to form the National Association of Life Underwriters. In doing so, he helped create one of the most effective and important organizations protecting the business and the insurance-buying public.

Bill Coffin, the new editor of the National Underwriter has my every good wish for effective leadership and a successful execution of the changes he envisions. I will miss hearing from many of you as my column ends–but I will not miss the deadlines that made time pass so quickly. And so, a fond farewell and best wishes to all.