Interpersonal Relationships Promote Your Agency’s Growth May 18, 2015 By Alan L. Shulman Relationships are the currency of commerce. Without them, no one buys or sells anything. These interactions might involve interfaces or...
Offering Value Added Services May 18, 2015 By Bill Schoeffler and Catherine Oak Insurance producers sell roughly the same product as their competitor. The competitive edge often touted by producers is that their...
Bitcoins: The Next Cyberinsurance Risk? May 18, 2015 By Kathy Finn Consumers around the world are racking up more than 100,000 financial transactions every day without using cash, credit cards or...
The Value of Hurricane Forecasts May 18, 2015 By Charles Watson While state of the art of hurricane forecasting has improved over the last two decades, coastal exposures and populations at...
GEICO to Raise Auto Insurance Premiums May 18, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson GEICO, which “everybody knows” saves drivers 15 percent on auto insurance, said it will raise its auto premiums after underwriting...
Business Moves May 18, 2015 Orchid Underwriters, Coastal Agents Alliance Orchid Underwriters Agency LLC, a Vero Beach, Fla.-based program administrator and wholesale broker of excess...
Beating Up on Workers’ Comp: Grand Bargain Taking Jabs from Multiple Directions May 4, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson The state-based workers’ compensation system has stayed on its feet for 100 years in part by being able to defend...
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E&O Insights: Insuring Restaurants and Taverns Presents Some Real E&O Risks May 4, 2015 By Curtis M. Pearsall Although most agencies insure at least one restaurant or tavern, this shouldn’t suggest that they are easy accounts to write....
Best of the Best: Supply and Demand May 4, 2015 By Sarah Lucas Commanding the Highest Purchase Price The dust has settled from 2014 and, next to 2012, produced the highest number of...