Impact of New Tax Law on Agency Profitability February 19, 2018 By Bill Schoeffler and Catherine Oak With the passing of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), there is quite a lot of talk...
Surplus Line Premium Increased by 6.4% Nationwide in 2017 February 19, 2018 All 15 surplus lines service offices across the United States experienced increases in excess and surplus lines insurance premium in...
Surplus Line Premium Increased by 6.4% Nationwide in 2017 February 19, 2018 All 15 surplus lines service offices across the United States experienced increases in excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance premium...
Texas Town Reaches $10.4M Settlement in 2013 Fertilizer Plant Blast Suit February 5, 2018 A Central Texas town devastated by a 2013 fertilizer plant explosion that killed 15 people, many of them emergency personnel,...
Vandal Causes Thousands of Dollars in Damage to ‘Field of Dreams’ Site in Iowa February 5, 2018 A vandal has caused thousands of dollars in damage to the Field of Dreams in Iowa by driving a vehicle...
Still an Uphill Climb for Commercial Auto Market February 5, 2018 By Andrea Wells The difficult job of moving commercial auto insurance to a profitable place has not gotten any easier. More vehicles on...
Western Wisconsin Had the Most Farm Bankruptcies in U.S. in 2017 February 5, 2018 Federal court data show that a Wisconsin district had the highest number of farm bankruptcies in the country last year....
The Competitive Advantage: The Value of an Employee Handbook February 5, 2018 By Chris Burand Most small agencies, and quite a few middle-to-large agencies, lack a current employee handbook or at least one of quality....
Jury Finds AbbVie Not Liable in AndroGel Injury Suit February 5, 2018 A federal jury in Chicago on Jan. 26 found AbbVie Inc. not liable in a lawsuit by an Arizona man...
Tennessee Captive Insurers Exceed $1B in Premiums in 2017 February 5, 2018 The state of Tennessee saw domestic captive insurance companies exceed $1 billion in written premiums in 2017 for the first...