Crews Drain 320K Gallons of Fuel from Overturned Ship in Georgia Port December 16, 2019 Crews have finished draining all of the fuel from an overturned cargo ship three months after it capsized off the...
Tornado Causes Minor Damage in Florida December 16, 2019 Weather officials say a tornado caused minor damage after it touched down in Florida and traveled about 20 miles. According...
Study: California Self-Insured Employers Save Over Traditional Workers’ Comp December 16, 2019 By Don Jergler A new study on California workers’ compensation shows the cost of self-insurance is 14% to 28% less than a traditional...
Officials Say Regulation Standards Factor in Alaska Quake Damage December 16, 2019 Assessments following Alaska’s enormous 2018 earthquake showed building damage was worse outside Anchorage’s safety area because of reduced regulation, municipal...
NTSB: Oversight Could Have Prevented Miami Bridge Collapse December 16, 2019 By Adriana Gomez Licon By Adriana Gomez Licon A Miami university bridge that collapsed and killed six people while under construction had basic flaws...
Why Hiring New Producers is Such a Crapshoot December 16, 2019 By Randy Schwantz You probably think this is a horrific analogy and has zero relevance to hiring new producers. If that is the...
What Captive Agents Transitioning to Independent Agents Should Consider in Agency Management Systems December 16, 2019 By Gary Miller There’s a storm brewing for many captive insurance agencies and their agents, and that storm may be lengthy. As an...
U.S. Commercial Insurance Prices Were Up 4% in Q3: WTW December 16, 2019 U.S. commercial insurance prices accelerated during the third quarter of 2019, as the aggregate price change reported by carriers exceeded...
The Power and Failure of Anecdotes December 16, 2019 By Chris Burand Meghan Moran at Johns Hopkins University studied 263 “avowedly anti-vaccine websites …[tracking] how many made powerful use of anecdotes –...
Resolving Claim Disputes: Step 4 Plead Your Case December 16, 2019 By Bill Watson This concluding column of this series, Step 4 of the claim resolution process, addresses how you convince the insurer that...