Agency Growth Secrets: To Build Your Sales Team, Grow Your Agency and Change Your World November 4, 2019 By Randy Schwantz Many agencies have a growth rate of 1% to 3%. They have an aging producer force, no systems to drive...
Agency E&O: Risk Rises Along with Rates, Cats and Customer Switching November 4, 2019 By Andrea Wells Agency errors and omissions (E&O) coverage is likely the most important insurance policy an agency purchases. As customer demands rise...
Missouri Court Rulings Conflict with Insurer Right to Intervene Protections November 4, 2019 By Nick Daugherty The Western District of the Missouri Court of Appeals recently issued opinions that effectively strip any practical effect from a...
Court Upholds $2.75M Damage Award Against Businessman in Missouri Arson Lawsuit November 1, 2019 A Missouri appeals court has ruled a Columbia businessman is liable for a $2.75 million civil judgment awarded to a...
Wildfire Season Rages on in Southern California as Thousands Flee November 1, 2019 By Christopher Martin and Brian K. Sullivan A wildfire that erupted overnight near Los Angeles has forced 7,500 people to flee as the tail end of a...
Keystone Pipeline Leaks 383K Gallons of Oil in North Dakota November 1, 2019 By James MacPherson TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 million liters) of oil in northeastern North Dakota, state regulators...
3 Kentucky Farmers Plead Guilty to Crop Insurance Fraud November 1, 2019 Three Kentucky farmers have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to crop insurance fraud. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Lexington...
Scammers Swindle Florida City Out of Nearly $750K With Fraudulent Invoice November 1, 2019 Police say scammers posing as a local construction company doing business with a north Florida city got an employee to...
San Antonio Spa/Resort to Pay $2.6M to Settle National Origin Discrimination Suit November 1, 2019 The former operators of a spa and resort in San Antonio, Texas, to pay $2,625,000 to settle a national origin...
AIG’s P/C Underwriting Results for Q3 Hit by Catastrophes But Not as Badly as Year Ago November 1, 2019 By Mark Hollmer Catastrophe losses prevented American International Group from having a third quarter in a row of property/casualty underwriting profit this year,...