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Long-Term Thinking Builds Winning Culture at Deland, Gibson

When Chip and Ted Gibson got the keys to Deland, Gibson Insurance Associates in 2020, the brothers took over what Chip described as “a great shop.” Three generations of their family members had guided the independent agency since its doors …

California Trucking Group Challenges State’s Zero-Emissions Rule

The California Trucking Association (CTA) has asked a federal judge to stop a state rule that would require truckers to switch to zero-emissions vehicles by 2042, calling it “a vast overreach” that threatens the survival of industry. The trucking group …

Higginbotham ‘Walks the Walk’

Rusty Reid joined Higginbotham as the independent insurance agency’s twelfth employee in 1986. Today, about 2,800 of the company’s employees serve thousands of customers at more than 100 offices across 16 states. Those same employees recently propelled the Fort Worth-based …

Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Escape Clause in Progressive Auto Liability Policy

Acuity and Progressive Specialty Insurance Co. disputed who should pay after a 16-year-old boy borrowed a friend’s car and crashed it into a utility pole in Streetsboro, Ohio. The driver was insured by Acuity through a policy issued to his …

Employees Value Strong Community Way of Thinking, Working at Greater Insurance

Sherri Gjermo, CEO of Greater Insurance Service Inc., is the second generation of leadership in the family business. And the third generation is already waiting in the wings. Founded in 1974, the Madison, Wisconsin-based agency was built on a philosophy …

Wisconsin Milling Company Agrees to $11.2M Settlement Over Corn Dust Explosion

A milling company has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges that employees at a Wisconsin corn plant falsified records in the years leading up to a fatal corn dust explosion. The plea deal calls for Didion Milling Inc. to …

Protecting Treasured Investments: Insuring Art Against Climate Change

Hardly a day passes without reports of another shattered climate record. As Earth’s climate changes, heat waves, floods, droughts, wildfires, and hurricanes are all becoming more frequent and more intense, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). And …

Kentucky Clarifies Matching Law While Florida Insurers Use Endorsements to Limit Replacement Costs

Matching requirements for roofs and interior furnishings have been a tough issue in the property insurance industry for years. Recent developments show how insurers and regulators in different Southeast states are managing the mandates. In Kentucky, the state Department of …

Should I Use an Insurance Recruiter to Make Critical Year-End Hires?

“I work in talent acquisition within the insurance industry. We have had job openings that we’ve been unable to fill for months, and I’m getting worried with the end of the year coming up. When is it time to reach …

Florida Special Session Called to Punish Iran … and Help Floridians with Wind Mitigation

Florida lawmakers have agreed to convene in another special session – the sixth in three years – this time to sanction the country of Iran but with a little indirect Florida property insurance relief also on the agenda. A joint …

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