In the Sharing Economy, Who Shares the Risk? March 10, 2014 By Kathleen Tierney Several economic and societal factors have fueled the growth of the sharing economy, in which people rent, borrow, share and...
E&O Insights: Put the Power of the Signed Application to Work March 10, 2014 By Curtis M. Pearsall With few exceptions, an application is a necessary document to secure a proposal or to bind coverage, and can actually...
My New Markets March 10, 2014 My New Markets is brought to you by Insurance Journal’s sister website: www.mynewmarkets.com Need a Market? Find it. FAST. Primary...
Business Moves March 10, 2014 AssuredPartners, Bateman Agency Lake Mary, Fla.-based AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary Donald F. LaPenna Associates Inc. in Clark, N.J., has...
Eating establishments that serve alcohol as well as Put a Woman in Charge March 10, 2014 By Andrea Wells The key to long-term survival for many businesses is having a woman in charge. That’s according to Cornell University researchers...
Hospitality Workers’ Compensation Insurance Costs and Solutions March 10, 2014 By Todd Seiders The worst kind of pain is self-inflicted pain. A large majority of the workers’ compensation injuries in the hotel and...
Numbers Don’t Lie: Agency Best of the Best – Quality vs. Quantity February 24, 2014 By Tommy McDonald On a recent agency visit, I met with an account manager who was being paid a salary of $85,000 and...
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The ‘Switching’ Economy: Consumers to Buy Insurance from Google, Amazon, Verizon February 24, 2014 New global research finds that as many as two-thirds (67 percent) of insurance customers would consider purchasing insurance products from...
What Might Terrorists Do Next? February 24, 2014 By Brian Michael Jenkins The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks created an atmosphere of anxiety and uncertainty. No one knew how many more large-scale...