Minding Your Business: Preparing for the Loss of a Producer May 15, 2017 By Catherine Oak and Bill Schoeffler Recently, a client of ours had two producers leave to start their own agency. The impact on the agency was...
Earthquake Authority Creates Online Home Vulnerability Evaluator May 15, 2017 The California Earthquake Authority has created an online tool to help home inspection specialists evaluate a house’s vulnerability to earthquake...
Q&A: Art Theft and Its Impact on the Insurance Industry May 15, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield Bill Anderson, a managing partner of Brooklyn, New York-based Art Guard, recently spoke with Insurance Journal about issues related to...
The Wedge: The Scientific Selling Power of Yes, No and Maybe May 15, 2017 By Randy Schwantz My dad was a fighter pilot. He flew a P-47 Thunderbolt, one of the heaviest fighter planes ever built. The...
Nevada Lawmakers Pushing Blood-Only Detection of Marijuana DUIs May 15, 2017 By Alison Noon Weighing in on how Nevada should test people for stoned driving, lawmakers advanced a measure to eliminate urine samples as...
Massachusetts Court Sides with Norfolk & Dedham in Personal Injury Suit May 15, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield The Massachusetts Appeals Court has upheld a Superior Court decision that defendant, Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co., did...
Top 10 Technical Fouls to Avoid When Filing Environmental Claims May 15, 2017 By Veronica W. Benzinger Benzinger is chief broking officer and managing director at Aon Risk Solutions Environmental Practice. Claims are where the rubber meets...
Illinois’ Cost per Workers’ Comp Claim Trending Down May 15, 2017 The average total cost of a workers’ compensation claim in Illinois has dropped by 6.4 percent since 2010, but the...
Louisiana Worker’ Comp Rates Are Down, but Costs per Claim Growing May 15, 2017 Workers’ compensation rates decreased statewide in Louisiana on May 1 by 9.8 percent, marking the fourth year in a row...
A Risk Pool of One: How Technology Could Make Insurance Obsolete May 15, 2017 By Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU, ARP Will technology make insurance obsolete?” That was the stark question posed by William Hartnett, a former Microsoft and ACORD executive,...