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.”...
Florida Lawmakers Once Again Fail to Pass AOB Claims Reform May 15, 2017 By Amy O'Connor Florida lawmakers have once again let slip an opportunity to address insurance claims abuse, as legislation failed to make it...
Producer Compliance in California: The Top Three Regulatory Danger Zones May 15, 2017 By Mark B. Robinson Like Big Brother, California’s Department of Insurance is watching you. Okay, perhaps not literally — and certainly not all of...
Florida Approves Nearly 1,500 Citizens Commercial Policies for July Takeouts May 15, 2017 The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the following company to participate in the July Citizens Property Insurance...