Agribusiness Insurance Segment Stable, Yet Selective February 24, 2014 By Amy O'Connor Crop insurance and farm bill debates have dominated the news headlines and led to uncertainty and frustration for many farm...
P/C Insurers’ Net Income Up 60%, Combined Ratio at 97.6 for 2013: A.M. Best February 24, 2014 A relatively quiet year for catastrophes helped the U.S. property/casualty industry achieved an underwriting profit for the first time in...
Industry Update: Riding the Wave in the Marina Marketplace February 24, 2014 By Thomas Murphy As the $4.2 billion marina industry continues to expand, independent agents who seek to leverage their specialization and partner with...
10 Things to Know About Agribusiness February 24, 2014 According to the United States Department of Agriculture’s 2007 Census of Agriculture, there were 2,204,792 farms in the United States,...
How to Be a High Performing Agency February 24, 2014 By Catherine Oak To be a high-performing firm, one needs to emulate what the best firms are doing and the traits that bring...
Bridging the Wage Gap February 24, 2014 By David Coons Today, the number of women working in the insurance industry is roughly equal to the number of men, with 191,000...
Declarations February 24, 2014 N.H. Workers’ Comp “We must come together to reform workers’ compensation so that our businesses can re-invest these dollars in...
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...