Features for October 2009
- States and Cell Phone Driving Laws
- Allstate Agents Petition IRS for Review of Independent Contractor Status
- This Article Will Self-Destruct
- Nationwide to Drop 60,000 Policies in Florida
- Strong Earthquakes Abroad Could Weaken Geologic Faults in U.S.
- Florida Rates Its Medical Malpractice Market as Competitive
- Some Mutual Insurers May Need Partners to Grow
- BrickStreet Mutual All Paid Up
- Recession Slows But Doesn’t Halt Brokerage Consolidation: Advisen
- How to Cure 8 Common ‘Small’ Insurance Agency Ailments
- Customers Happier with Homeowners Insurers
- Pressure Builds for More States to Ban Cell Phone Use While Driving
- Employers Plan Big Changes for Benefit Plans for Next Year
- Oklahoma Lawmakers Again Studying Ways to Overhaul Worker’s Comp System
- Insurance Brokerage M&A Took a 3rd Quarter Vacation
- Texas Workers’ Comp Report Card: Medical Costs Higher in Networks
- Commercial Buyers Remain Winners In Current Insurance Market
- Mississippi Court Rules Home Policy Covers Hurricane Wind Damage
- Agencies’ Overall Growth Down But Personal Lines Up
- Allstate Agents Challenge IRS Over Independent Contractor Status
- Private Insurers Avoiding Washington Area Army Corps Says Will Flood Soon
- Bank of America’s McGee Named New CEO by The Hartford
- Pressure Builds for More States to Ban Cell Phone Use While Driving
- Arbella Sponsors License Renewal Notification Program in Massachusetts
- California Jury Orders First-Ever Wildfire Environmental Damages
- How to Cure 8 Common ‘Small’ Insurance Agency Ailments
- California Wildfires Raise Landslide Risk
- Virginia’s Crashed Boats Will Be Safety-Teaching Tools
- California Workers’ Comp Increase Questioned
- Insurer Interest High in Michigan Credit Score Case
- Police Have Doubts About California Art Theft Claim Scenario
- How to Reinvigorate Producers and Other Employees Who Have Lost Their Spark or Become Too Comfortable
- Kentucky Politician Charged with Insurance Department Employee’s Murder
- 2009 a Boom Year for Government Activity on Insurance
- Connecticut Now Requires Two Written Tests for Teen Drivers to Get Licenses
- $4 Million in Flood Damage Closes Kentucky Derby Museum Until 2010
- Now Is Time to Re-Evaluate Agency Systems to Do More With Less
- Massachusetts Launches Verification Site for Workers’ Comp
- Report: FEMA Overpays Private Insurers for Handling Flood Insurance
- Surplus Lines Has Answer for Increasing Data Breach Exposure
- New Hampshire Campground Owners Sued in Flood Death of R.I. Girl, 7
- Gulf Coast Construction Deemed ‘Woefully Inadequate’ for Storm Surge
- The Value of Off-Site Agency Strategic Planning Sessions
- Man Arrested for Setting Massive Fire in Bronx That Destroyed 6 Businesses
- States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers
- Lloyd’s D&O Coverage an Issue in Stanford Fraud Case
- New York City Construction Accident Reports up, Deaths down
- 10 Insurers Hit Century Mark
- London: International Insurance Center
- Colorado Considers Laws for Pinnacol
- New Markets
- Survey: 1 Out of 5 Drivers Admits to Texting While Behind the Wheel
- Oregon Supreme Court to Decide If State Must Approve Punitive Damages
- AIG Stabilizing But Ability to Repay Government in Doubt
- Michigan City Ordinance Would Hold Parents Responsible for Teen Parties
- How to Cure 8 Common ‘Small’ Insurance Agency Ailments
- Ironman Kevin Kelley: Strength Through Multiple Platforms
- States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers
- Pay-As-You-Go Workers’ Comp Hits Second Generation
- Cut ‘n Run? What to Tell Customers Before They Slash Liability Coverage
- Public Employers in Ohio May See Lower Comp Premiums
- Poizner Urges No Iranian Investments by Insurers
- London: International Insurance Center
- Sheffield Joins Georgia Insurance Commissioner Race
- Obama Grants $25 Million to States for Medical Malpractice Pilot Projects
- Officials: New York Firefighters Arriving on Scene in Record Times
- Florida Home Insurers Losing Money; Will State Farm Stay?
- Health Rates Rose Fast in West
- New York Earns Accreditation by Insurance Commissioners’ Group
- What to Expect If Hurricane Hugo Hit South Carolina Today
- California Fires Renew Push for National Arson Registry
- Agency Co-branding: How to Work in Tandem with Carriers and Others
- Crowded Race
- California Firm Seeks Dismissal of $70 Million in Workers’ Comp Charges
- Tell Parents to ‘Mind The Gaps’ When Kids Head to College
- Hurricane Losses Color Florida’s Deficit
- Lava-Listed on Hawaii’s Big Island