SPECIAL REPORT: Small Business/BOPs

5 Business Owner Policy Gaps and Pitfalls Agents Should Watch Out For

SPECIAL REPORT: Small Business

Pros and Cons of Running an Agency Small Business Unit

SPECIAL REPORT: Top 100 Agency Profile

Georgia-based J. Smith Lanier & Co. - Employee-Powered Excellence

Closer Look: Errors and Omissions

How to Avoid Agency E&O Claims

Closer Look: Non-Profits/Social Service

Study Shows Need for Standardizing Nursing Home Social Workers' Credentials

Closer Look: Non-Profits/Social Service

Agent Advice Can Help Human Service Agencies in Tough Economic Times

Minding Your Business

Time Management: 10 Tricks of the Trade

Carrier Watch

Stocks Down 14%; Middle Market Carriers Active in Intermediary Acquisitions

Systematic Sales Strategy Should Be Priority No. 2 for Agency Managers

Health Care, Energy Are Potential Growth Areas

Closing Quote: 5 Risk Management Challenges for Public Entities in Today's Economy

Public Risk Managers Face New Disaster: The Major Economic Downturn

Opening Note

People

MyNewMarkets

Liberty Mutual Drops Direct Sales to Middle Market Businesses

Puts Faith in Independent Agents

Montana Wants More State Fund Oversight

Legislative Proposal Suggests Examining Workers' Comp Program

Allstate To Raise California Homeowners Rates

Homeowners Rates Could Go Up 6.9%

Local Fire Chiefs Depend on Neighboring Stations for Assistance

Volunteer Fire Departments Have Difficulty Attracting Firefighters

USC Geographers Create U.S. 'Death Map' of Natural Event Fatalities

Hazard Mortality Most Prominent in South

Start-Up Stories: How New Agencies Are Competing

Crop of New Agencies is Defying the Hard Economy, Soft Market

Closer Look: Errors & Omissions

Certificates of Insurance and Agency Liability: What Agents Should Know

Study Unveils Target Areas for Flood Policy Sales

But Selling More at Subsidized Premiums Could Sink Flood Program