Commercial Lines Price Gains Slowing Down December 12, 2013 Price gains are slowing down after commercial insurance prices increased for the 11th straight quarter, rising by 5 percent in...
FEMA Fights Mississippi Suit Against Flood Insurance Hikes December 2, 2013 The federal government is urging a federal court to dismiss a Mississippi lawsuit seeking to halt flood insurance rate hikes...
Program Market Growth: New Study Shows Business Up 10% December 2, 2013 Program insurance premium revenues increased 10.8 percent in 2012, more than three times the rate of premium growth in the...
Lawsuit: California Student Recruited to Help in Drug Bust December 2, 2013 The mother of a California middle school student has sued the school district, claiming her 14-year-old son was used as...
The Mutual Mistake Doctrine and the Purchase of Insurance December 2, 2013 By Steven Plitt Every day insurance agents throughout the United States meet with potential insureds to transact the purchase of insurance. Typically, the...
Oregon Court Tosses Right to Farm Challenge December 2, 2013 The Oregon Court of Appeals has rejected a constitutional challenge to Oregon’s Right to Farm law, but parties to the...
Administrators Rank Top Carriers December 2, 2013 In the TMPAA survey, respondents were asked to rate 13 carrier attributes in terms of their importance to a successful...
Transforming Your Customer Experiences in a Lean Environment December 2, 2013 By Colin D. Baird Toyota Motor Cars, Toyota Production Systems, and Taichi Ohno have nearly perfected lean manufacturing techniques. TPS has been in constant...
Tower Group to Cut 140 Jobs After Q2 Loss December 2, 2013 By Susanne Sclafane Tower Group International Ltd. is cutting about 140 jobs, or 10 percent of its workforce, after posting a second-quarter loss...
Suncor in Colorado to Pay $1.9 Million to Settle Oil Lawsuit December 2, 2013 Suncor oil refinery operators have agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit by federal and state authorities over...