Features for October 2010
- It Figures
- Feds Criticize North, South Carolina on Workplace Safety
- Terminating Employment: It Doesn’t Have to Be Painful
- Strategic Planning Tips: Why Strategize?
- Workplace Deaths Decline in New York City
- Kentucky Auditor Clears League Over Workers’ Comp
- A New Way to Reach Consumers
- One State at a Time
- In Developing Producers, a Little Help From One’s Friends Goes a Long Way
- Tragedy in Tennessee: Family Had No Fire Service and Minimum Insurance
- Business Moves
- Online Client Access – Get Your Agency on Board
- New Commercial Roof Types and Materials Challenge Claims Pros
- A Franchise Model for Insurance Agencies
- Zurich Settles Class Action Lawsuit for $455M Over Insurance Exchanges
- The Wheel Way to Market Your Agency
- Some Rezoned Flood Insurance Policyholders Get Price Break
- Nebraska: Information on On-Board Sensors Must Be Complete
- Declarations
- Declarations
- E&O Insights: Co-Insurance Penalty
- Safety Begins Refunds for Massachusetts Motorcyclists
- A New Way to Reach Consumers
- Florida Court Permits Bad Faith Lawsuit Against Citizens to Proceed
- Be Fair to CSRs
- Who’s Giving in Federal Politics
- Most 9/11 Responders OK Settlement Resolving Suit
- Kansas Commissioner Revokes Agents’ Licenses
- Florida CFO Urges Citizens to Competitively Bid More Contracts
- Workers’ Compensation Results Spiral Down
- Flood News
- Business Moves
- BP Claims Fund Struggling to Get Up to Speed
- Washington Fines Tesoro $2.38 Million for Deadly Refinery Blast
- User Experience and the Generation Gap
- Declarations
- Iowa Court: Property Transfer Doesn’t Negate Builder’s Risk Policy
- Oil Firms Eye New Insurance Fund
- California’s Commissioner Hopefuls
- The Power of More
- New York Agents Group Praises Coastal Reform Plan
- Court: Michigan Workers’ Comp Law Blocks Anti-Racketeering Suit
- Be Fair to CSRs
- Business Moves
- Advertising, Claims Handling Drive Reputations of Auto Insurers
- Business Moves
- Terminating Employment: It Doesn’t Have to Be Painful
- How a Smaller Georgia Agency Plays with the Big Boys
- Assemblyman Mike Villines
- Home Insurance Customer Satisfaction Declines But ‘Bundlers’ Happy
- Out-of-State Agents Blast Massachusetts Paperwork Requirement
- Ohio AG Settles with Marsh
- It Figures
- Layoffs Don’t Have to Mean Lawsuits
- New Jersey Insurance Broker Pleads Guilty in Loan Scheme
- Fight the Gloom and Doom
- Fight the Gloom and Doom
- Court: Calif. Surplus Line Insurers Should Not Be Double-Taxed
- Workers’ Comp Fraud Leads to Jail Time for Hatchery Owner
- 5 Steps to Real-Time Performance Reviews
- Arkansas Developer Jailed in Arson-for-Insurance Case
- Commercial Lines Leaders
- University Study of P/C Insurers Finds Bad CEOs Can Wreck Companies
- Florida Medical Liability Market Found in Good Health
- U.S. Firms Plan New Oil Spill Insurance Fund
- 10 Things to Know About Commercial Property Insurance
- Rhode Island Grand Jury Indicts Former Beacon Mutual CEO
- IJ.com Readers Respond
- New Markets
- Settlement Reached in Maryland Bridge Crash Lawsuit
- Rep. Taylor Frustrated Over Failure of Windstorm Coverage Add-On
- Flood News
- Worker Theft
- Surplus Lines Premiums Down in 2009; But Brokers Say Market is Stabilizing
- It Figures
- 5 Steps to Real-Time Performance Reviews of Employees
- It Figures
- Eligibility for Preferred Risk Flood Insurance Pricing to Be Extended
- New Markets
- Debate Heats Up Over Coastal Homeowners
- Some Rezoned Flood Insurance Policyholders Get Price Break
- What to Watch in the World of D&O
- For Award Winning CSR, Going ‘Above and Beyond’ is Part of the Job
- 16 Brokers to Use New Single-Entry Commercial Lines Insurance Exchange
- Business Moves
- Business Moves
- Declarations
- Syndicates – The Heart of the Market
- Declarations
- North Carolina: Water Damage to Homes Is 10 Times More Likely Than Fire
- Judge Keeps TWIA Ike Settlement Information Private for Now
- Business Moves
- Eligibility for Preferred Risk Flood Insurance Pricing to Be Extended
- It Figures
- Arkansas Cracks Down on Counterfeit Insurance Cards
- Declarations
- Flood News
- Florida Approves 10.3% Average Rate Hike for State-Backed Citizens
- New Commercial Roof Types and Materials Challenge Claims Pros
- CEA Aims to Improve Value, Affordability of Calif. Earthquake Insurance
- Suit Settled over Shock Therapy Use at Massachusetts School
- Judge Refuses to Dismiss Securities Fraud Lawsuit Against AIG
- Declarations
- Eligibility for Preferred Risk Flood Insurance Pricing to Be Extended
- Clock is Ticking on Surplus Lines Tax Reform
- Maryland Court Upholds State Cap on Lawsuit Payouts
- Indiana to Stop Accepting Non-Resident Producer, Agency Paper Renewals
- Mississippi Insurance Chief, Allstate Spar Over Latest Rate Denial
- Colo. Fourmile Canyon Fire Most Expensive in State’s History
- A Wonderful Life
- Stronger Economic Times Add to Recruitment Challenges
- What to Watch in the World of D&O
- Florida Concerned Medical Ratio Rule Will Marginalize Agents
- Washington Workers’ Comp Rate Proposal Delayed
- What’s In the NRRA?
- New York Insurance Exchange Plan Hinges on Industry Support
- Slip and Fall Cases: What Businesses Need to Know to Minimize the Damages
- Flood News
- Terminating Employment: It Doesn’t Have to Be Painful
- Captive Audience Marketing in a Social Marketing World
- Business Moves
- It Figures
- Speculation on XL: Bermuda Ties May Attract Suitors
- California Modifies Privacy Regulations, Makes Insurance Shopping Easier
- House Joins Senate in Extending Flood Insurance for 1 Year
- Judge Refuses to Dismiss Securities Fraud Lawsuit Against AIG
- Michigan Officials Seek to Force Broker to Remit $1.3 Million Owed to Insurers
- Saved From Death Suits in Florida
- A New Way To Reach Consumers
- Another Gusher to Cap
- Declarations
- It’s Now Easier to Sue Tennessee Employers Over Illegal Firings
- Alabama Gov. Riley, AG King Clash Over BP lawsuit
- Specialty Products Manufacturing: Multiple Opportunities for Injury
- New Jersey Lawmakers Advance Bill Hiking Cell Phone Fines for Drivers
- Can Long-Time Employees Be Trusted?
- Slip and Fall Cases: What Businesses Need to Know to Minimize the Damages
- Flood News
- 6 Characteristics of the Best Agencies Today
- Slip and Fall Cases: What Businesses Need to Know to Minimize the Damages
- Fight Over Gulf Oil Disaster Liability Heats Up
- Fight Over Gulf Oil Disaster Liability Heats Up
- Agents to Calif. State Fund: Please Pay Commissions
- Top 25 Carriers’ Second Quarter Results Show Improvement in 2010 Versus Second Quarter 2009