How Analytics Technology Can Speed Integration Post-M&A May 4, 2015 By Kabir Syed The record number of merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions involving insurance brokers and agents throughout the United States in the...
North Texas Hit with Tornadoes, Large Hail May 4, 2015 The National Weather Service said as many as 12 tornadoes and hail the size of softballs pounded portions of north...
What Agents Think About Google Compare May 4, 2015 By Andrea Wells The independent agency system is no stranger to competition. But one new competitor in the marketplace has some agents and...
Rough Patches Aside, Oklahoma Comp Reform Works, Advocates Say May 4, 2015 In his resignation letter to the governor, the first chairman of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission admitted that mistakes had...
‘Hungry’ Insurers Continued to Cut Commercial Prices in Q1: CIAB May 4, 2015 Insurance brokers report that the commercial property/casualty market continued to soften in the first quarter of 2015, with large accounts...
Washington Commissioner Says Hole-in-One Insurance Scammer at it Again May 4, 2015 It appears hole-in-one insurance scammer Kevin Kolenda has been at it again, according to detectives in Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike...
Independent Agents Identify Business Opportunities for Carriers May 4, 2015 Most independent insurance agents are impressed by the carriers they place business with – but most also are interested in...
Texas, Louisiana Improve Building Code Rankings but More Work Needed April 20, 2015 Texas doesn’t have the worst score in a recent ranking of state building code systems but it’s pretty close to...
Can I be Held Negligent if My Self-Driving Car Causes an Accident? April 20, 2015 By Amy Levine On the topic of automation, Frank Lloyd Wright said: “If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but...
Mass. OCABR: Insurance Topped List of Consumer Issues in 2014 April 20, 2015 The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) issued its top five consumer issues of the past year....