Surplus Lines Could Meet Your Insured’s Flood Coverage Needs May 15, 2017 By Norma Essary The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been the topic of much debate in recent years, especially with the program...
Officials: Michigan Traffic Deaths Rose by 10% in 2016 May 15, 2017 Michigan traffic deaths rose by 10 percent last year, according to state safety officials. According to the Michigan Office of...
Storm-Related Arkansas Crop Losses Estimated at $64.5M May 15, 2017 Flooding and severe weather this year have caused an estimated $64.5 million in damage to Arkansas croplands, according to the...
Organic Growth Under Pressure: Agencies Show Weakest Growth Since 2011, Reagan Consulting Reports May 15, 2017 Agencies and brokerage firms reported that their organic growth fell to 3.9 percent in the first quarter of 2017, the...
There’s No ‘Typical’ Day at Work for Whirlpool’s Director of Risk Management May 15, 2017 By Stephanie K. Jones How do you incorporate a sustainable and cohesive enterprise risk management system across a company that has nearly 100,000 employees,...
IBHS: Attached Structures often Magnify Damage May 15, 2017 Structures attached to manufactured homes fail about 80 percent of the time during high wind conditions such as tornadoes and...
Wholesale Associations NAPSLO, AAMGA Merging to Form WSIA May 15, 2017 By Andrea Wells Things are moving forward for a new insurance industry trade association for the wholesale, specialty and surplus lines insurance industry....
American Family Disagrees with Jury Finding that Agents Are Employees May 15, 2017 By Stephanie K. Jones A federal jury in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 18 determined that thousands of agents with Madison, Wisconsin-based (AmFam) are employees,...
Insurance Industry-Backed Storm Damage Bill Passes Texas House May 15, 2017 By Stephanie K. Jones The passage in the Texas House of a bill limiting liability for property insurance companies sued by policyholders following weather...
Tech Talk: How to Use Digital Body Language May 15, 2017 By Tom Wetzel “When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.”...