Costs Driving Changes, Opportunities in New World of Benefits Brokerage July 24, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson Group health insurance brokerage is changing but the changes are not primarily due to Congress or the courts. Rather the...
Benefits Revolution July 23, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson In this issue starting on page 22, several Southeast-based brokers talk about how dramatically the benefits brokerage market is changing...
GM’s OnStar Car Owners Now Able to Rent Out Their Vehicles July 17, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson General Motors is joining the sharing economy. General Motors announced that its OnStar subscribers can now rent out their idle...
Malpractice Claims at Record Low, Not Driving Health Costs: Consumer Group July 13, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson The consumer group Public Citizen says that medical malpractice payments in 2011 were at a record low and have fallen...
PCS Sees Busy Cat Bond Market in 2012 Thus Far July 9, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson With two quarters completed in 2012, the catastrophe bond market remains robust. Insurers and reinsurers issued approximately $3.6 billion in...
President Obama Signs Flood Insurance Reform Bill July 9, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson President Barack Obama has signed the “Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2012” into law. The law extends...
Jacks of All Risks July 2, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson The very same “can-do” attitude that makes many entrepreneurs so successful could also be their downfall. Despite 64 percent saying...
Agents, Insurers Cheer Congress OK of Flood Insurance Reform Bill June 29, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America today praised Congress for passing the “Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization...
Excerpts from Supreme Court’s Healthcare Opinion June 28, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson Some key excerpts from the majority opinion written in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius by Chief Justice John...
Reactions to Healthcare Ruling Coming In; What’s Yours? June 28, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson Industry and other reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have been...