The fairly recent ruling on how realtors are paid seems likely to dramatically alter real estate sales. I’m not in that business so I don’t know all the ins and outs, both the obvious and the not so obvious, unintentional …
We often take for granted the resources and materials that help us run our businesses and build our homes. Steel, cement, plastic — building blocks such as these have afforded us the flexibility to grow our communities, create new products, …
While the Lloyd’s market reported its best first-half profit in 17 years, it isn’t resting on its laurels. It is carefully monitoring areas where potential vulnerabilities have been identified. During a recent market briefing, Rachel Turk, Lloyd’s chief underwriting officer, …
There are three things that Tony Martinez, chief information officer, at Unison Risk Advisors sees as the biggest needs in agency technology today overall. Some of these are outwardly facing and some are more operation and internal in nature. “First …
The president of Energy Insurance Agency, an operation with a large presence in Kentucky, said it is “incredibly humbling” for the agency to again be named one of Insurance Journal’s Best Agencies to Work For in the Southeast. “This recognition …
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is giving its take on bills passed and passed on by California Legislature this year. The Legislature recessed for the year and Gov. Gavin Newsom had until Sept. 30 to sign or veto any …
For over 75 years, Ansay and Associates has invested in its future by investing in its people. “As a family owned and independent agency, we have the freedom to focus on long-term success rather than short-term gains,” said Mike Ansay, …
The impact and surge of long-term COVID on the California workers’ compensation system since 2020 has been prevalent, including long-term impacts on disability and long-term patterns of medical cost and treatment on long COVID claims. That’s from a report by …
There is no federal law that requires the disclosure of litigation funding agreements in court cases, but some disturbing insight has been found in individual jurisdictions that have rules to increase transparency, according a panel on the topic at the …
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries cited and fined a mill operator in Camas following an investigation into the death of a worker who was crushed by a packing machine that had no safety guards in place. The …
