Commercial Rates Continued Up in March, Even for Large Accounts: MarketScout April 22, 2013 Commercial insurance rates were up about 5 percent in March, according to the latest barometer from MarketScout and the National...
Possible Resurgence in California’s Inland Empire Interests Agents April 22, 2013 By Don Jergler Known as “the 909,” or “the IE” by Southern Californians, terms sometimes intended as a slight, the sprawling desert area...
Guns and Insurance April 22, 2013 By Tom Harvey We are going to have both. Millions of gun owners will keep their firearms, and the level of death and...
Top 10 Driving Distractions Involved in Fatal Car Crashes April 22, 2013 Of the more than 65,000 people killed in car crashes over the past two years, one-in-10 were in crashes where...
Merger & Acquisition Activity Off to a Quiet Start April 22, 2013 By Meredith Reeves After a record-setting year-end, 2013 started off with a whisper. First quarter merger and acquisition activity slowed to 37 announced...
Losses from Ohio Summer Storms Higher than Initial Estimate April 22, 2013 Updated data indicates insured losses from storms that socked Ohio in late June and early July 2012 totaled $845 million,...
E&O Insights: Directors & Officers Liability Is Not Your Normal Insurance Product April 22, 2013 By Curtis M. Pearsall If you asked 100 insurance professionals on the agency side what one line of business “scares” them the most, it’s...
Fewer Workers in Midwest Insured Through Employers April 22, 2013 The percentage of workers who have access to health insurance through their employers is declining across the United States, according...
10-Point Checklist for DO Renewals in a Hard Market April 22, 2013 By Lisa Doherty and Seth B. Brickman No one, least of all the insured, likes a price increase. But with the D&O market firming across the board...
Mississippi Jury: State Farm Defrauded Flood Program April 22, 2013 A federal jury in Mississippi recently found that State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. avoided covering a policyholder’s wind losses...