Construction Obstruction January 13, 2014 By Andrea Wells Skilled Labor Shortage and Lax Safety Could Injure Construction Insurance Market For agents and brokers serving the contractors and subcontractors...
Insurers to Weigh Roof Envy, Telematics in Personal Lines Pricing January 13, 2014 To price insurance for the coming year, property/casualty actuaries need to know what trends are emerging right now. At a...
Numbers Don’t Lie: Agency Best of the Best Grofit: Balancing Growth & Profit Creates Value January 13, 2014 By Tommy McDonald If there is anything that exists in the insurance distribution industry, its ego. This is why agency performance benchmarking is...
Flood Policy Offered in 6 Additional States January 13, 2014 A Florida insurance agency that stepped forward last November to offer a private market stand-alone flood coverage policy in Florida...
Iowa to Host Global Insurance Symposium in 2014 January 13, 2014 Iowa officials say a new insurance symposium set for next year in Des Moines is aimed at bringing top industry...
Portrait of an Employee Fraudster January 13, 2014 By Stephanie K. Jones Schemes Depend on Opportunity, Incentive, Rationalization It may come as a surprise to some that the typical fraudster in the...
Tip Hotlines Are Effective in Preventing, Detecting Employee Fraud January 13, 2014 By Stephanie K. Jones Most occupational frauds are discovered by an anonymous tip, experts say, and fraud reporting mechanisms such as hotlines are encouraged...
Mother of Wyoming Student Wrestler Sues Hospital January 13, 2014 The mother of a 16-year-old boy who was paralyzed after breaking two vertebrae during high school wrestling practice filed a...
Ohio’s Financial Responsibility Law in Effect; Will Higher Auto Insurance Rates Follow? January 13, 2014 While Ohio has traditionally had some of the lowest auto insurance premium rates in the country, going forward some Ohioans...
Flood Maps Still Wrong, Oregon Homeowners Still Paying January 13, 2014 By Andrea Castillo, and Katherine Driessen, The Oregonian Months after Carol Justice was wrongly told her home needs flood insurance, the Cornelius resident is still paying up –...