Brown & Brown, Inc. will webcast its 2006 annual shareholders meeting. Investors and all other interested parties are invited to listen to the live web cast, to be held on Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. ET. Chairman and …
Approximately 14,000 employers have been notified that injury and illness rates at their worksites are higher than average and that assistance is available to help them fix safety and health hazards, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced. In …
Engineers working toward earthquake-proof structures Sometime in the not-so-distant future, newly constructed buildings will be able to withstand earthquakes of the magnitude that destroyed San Francisco one century ago, scientists say. Working with super-strong materials that can bend, stretch and …
Like many of you, I started my insurance career with an empty desk and a phone. Over the years, I have learned some tips or “tricks” that I have used effectively to generate sales. Cold calling was the first lesson …
Have you ever wondered why it seems a little — or even a lot more — difficult to sell insurance than to sell … say a car that comes in all price ranges? That is not to say selling a …
Architects & Engineers Nuts & Bolts: NAS Insurance Services Inc. offers architects and engineers errors and omissions insurance through qualifying wholesale brokers. The classes include, but are not limited to, architects/building design, civil engineers, construction staking, electrical engineers, HVAC, interior …
Dorance Dean Bolton, founder of Pasadena, Calif.-based Bolton & Company Insurance Brokers, passed away on April 21, 2006, at the age of 96. Bolton was a pioneer Southern California insurance broker and was a founding governor of what is now …
One of the most significant natural disasters in U.S. history, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, rolled to its centennial anniversary April 18, 2006. One hundred years ago in San Francisco, the Earth bounced and the city collapsed; then burned. …
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane recently reached settlements totaling $4.25 million with two of its insurance carriers in a dispute over coverage of sex-abuse claims, according to Bishop William Skylstad. It was the second time in less than a …
The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, and New Hampshire, (the Big “I”) strongly oppose S. 2509, the National Insurance Act of 2006, introduced recently by our own Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.) and his colleague, Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.). …
