Soft market conditions with unabated price competition and a slow economy with reduced payrolls continued to affect commercial lines including the workers’ compensation industry in 2010, as they did in 2009. Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute, believes …
Coastal Alabama should seize the BP Gulf oil disaster as an opportunity for “resiliency planning” that will not only help the region recover from the oil damage but also put it in a position to better recover from any future …
The oil industry may be to blame for millions of dollars of damage and lost business along Alabama’s coast but it’s the insurance industry that holds the key to the state’s coastal recovery. This truth is reinforced over and over …
American International Group has negotiated a $450 million settlement with seven of its competitors in the protracted litigation over its questionable reporting of workers’ compensation premiums. But the long-running saga over under-reported premiums may not be over for AIG because …
A Texas insurance company and its owner are suing Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, accusing him of being vindictive and defamatory in his efforts to ban the company from writing workers’ compensation insurance in his state. Charles David Wood and …
The top insurance stories in the Southeast in 2010 included several disasters that caused considerable death and destruction in the region and one that didn’t do as much harm as feared. The April 20 blowout of BP’s Macondo well while …
In giving her Christmas gifts for 12 straight days, a true love inspires his girlfriend to build a whole new life. It’s a joyful story for the holidays but one that comes with risks. According to the popular Christmas carol, …
Coastal Alabama should seize the BP Gulf oil disaster as an opportunity for “resiliency planning” that will not only help the region recover from the oil damage but also put it in a position to better recover from any future …
Those photos on Facebook showing you palling around with drunks, the raunchy joke you posted on Twitter, and those links to politically incorrect groups on your personal Web site —all of this information can now become part of your job …
As more and more experienced insurance agency and carrier employees discover their retirement income isn’t what they thought it would be, many are happy to find work they can do from home to supplement their incomes. That’s where Sharon Emek …
