Vesting Plans and Producer Book Ownership August 5, 2019 By Chris Burand Somehow, someway, many agency owners do not seem to know that the law regarding vesting plans relative to producer book...
Changing Education from a Chore to a Cheer August 5, 2019 By Debbie Ivie Professional designations are in the DNA of the insurance industry. For decades, we have proudly posted credentials as authentication of...
Resolving Claim Disputes: Step 2…Other Policy Interpretation Doctrines August 5, 2019 By Bill Wilson Step 2 of the claim resolution process involves interpreting policy provisions that are cited as the basis for a claim...
Burst Sewer Pipes, Condos, and Coverage August 5, 2019 By Patrick Wraight An interesting question came in to the Academy of Insurance recently, edited below for space and to avoid disclosing any...
Deconstructing Sales Excellence August 5, 2019 By Randy Schwantz Aaron is about 5 foot 8 inches, 150 pounds dripping wet and bald. A big-time producer? You wouldn’t think so....
Captives Remain Profitable, Continue to Outperform Commercial Insurers, Reports A.M. Best August 5, 2019 U.S. captive insurance companies rated by A.M. Best continued their run of strong financial results in 2018, as well as...
The Three California Perils August 5, 2019 By Dave Evans, Eric J. Xu and Cody Webb California is often thought of as earthquake country, but it is a three-peril state when it comes to natural catastrophes;...
The Ridgecrest Earthquake: Will Recent Quakes Shake Up California’s Insurance market? August 5, 2019 By Dave Evans, Eric J. Xu and Cody Webb Those of us in California don’t blink when we feel a tremor. But when a big earthquake strikes, people ask...
Rate Inadequacy Increases for Texas Windstorm Insurer August 5, 2019 In advance of its Aug. 6 board of directors meeting in Galveston, the insurer of last resort for wind and...
Insured Loss from Barry Not Likely to Be More Than $500M: RMS August 5, 2019 Insured losses from Hurricane Barry probably won’t rise above $500 million, global risk modeling and analytics firm, RMS, says. The...