Features for August 2010
- Florida Citizens’ Rate Increases Way Below Actuaries’ Indications
- Despite Claims, Utilities’ Insurance Market Still Softening
- Insurers’ Plans for Oil Industry Sought
- 3 Imaginative Approaches to Agency Marketing in the Entertainment Age
- How to Improve Your Agency’s Marketing Materials
- Praeger to Retain Post as Kansas Insurance Commissioner
- New Markets
- How to Maximize Your Book with Personal Umbrellas Plus 5 Steps to Follow When Writing Coverage
- 2010 Education & Training Directory
- Declarations
- Business Moves
- Why Carriers’ Producer Bulletins Are Like Greyhound Buses
- 101 Sales & Marketing Ideas*
- Agency Marketing Must Move Online and Beyond
- How to Use Compensation to Boost Sales
- Massachusetts Agents Score Policy Ownership Victory
- Year-over-Year, M&A Activity Sustains a Moderate Pace
- 3 Keys to Establishing a Total Agency Growth Culture
- It Figures
- Michigan Court Lowers Threshold for Damage Suits Under No-Fault
- Rise in Questionable Claims Led by Hail, Auto Glass
- Smart Agents’ Growth
- Declarations
- West Virginia Firefighters Threaten to Strike Over Liability Insurance
- Hanover Expands Western Surety Business With ICW Group Agreement
- Globalization: How Systemic Risks Have Altered the Financial World
- Business Moves
- Army Corps Claims Actions Reduced Tennessee Flooding in May
- Declarations
- BP Oil Spill Disaster Creates Opportunity for Environmental Contractors’ Market
- 2010: A Revolutionary Year for Truckers Insurance
- Republican Candidates for Georgia Insurance Post Face August Runoff
- Study: Long Haul Truck Collisions Peak in July
- Aon Will Begin Accepting Contingent Commissions Again
- AIG Settles; Agrees to Pay $725 Million to Investors
- Business Moves
- How Program Partners Can Help Agents Sell Value
- Strategic Planning in Difficult Times
- Study: Long Haul Truck Collisions Peak in July
- BP Claims Not Limited By $20 Billion Fund
- Business Moves
- 8 Traits Top 100 Agencies Have in Common
- It Figures
- Industry Balks as Democrats Press for Mine Safety, OSHA Changes
- A Disaster Can Take Many Forms: Are Your Business Customers Prepared?
- New Markets
- Wisconsin Supreme Court Sides with Physicians in Med Mal Trust Fund Fight
- 10 Most, Least Affordable States for Car Insurance
- Risk Managers Not Satisfied With U.S. Insurance Providers’ Service
- Supreme Court Decision Limits Non-U.S. Companies’ Exposure to U.S. Securities Litigation
- Declarations
- Road Tech
- Business Moves
- Business Moves
- Important Questions in Analyzing a Business’s Disaster Preparedness Level
- Risk Managers Not Satisfied With U.S. Insurance Providers’ Service
- California GOP Nominates Villines for Insurance Commissioner
- It Figures
- Declarations
- TV and Radio: To Advertise or Not?
- It Figures
- Rhode Island Court Allows Cliff Walk Case To Proceed
- It Figures
- Distressed and Vacant Properties Fill a Void for Insurers
- Poll: More New Jersey Drivers Are Texting
- Upside of the Downside: P/C Brokers Serve Distressed Property Market
- No-Fault Auto Insurance Popularity Declines
- Unleash the Power of Your Computer
- Workaholism
- Number of Texas Uninsured Vehicles Declines
- Top 25 Carriers’ First Quarter Results Show Soft Market May Have Finally Hit Bottom
- Massachusetts Court Changes Slip-and-Fall Liability
- It Figures
- Study: Long Haul Truck Collisions Peak in July
- The Economy and the Homeowners Market
- Declarations
- Lindsay Lohan Offers Lessons in Auto Insurance
- Top 100 2010 Privately-Held Independent Agencies