Sophisticated Tools Let Thieves Target Specific Cargo March 25, 2013 Though pharmaceuticals and electronics are the most expensive items cargo thieves target, food and beverage cargo is also popular because...
North Carolina Wins MetLife Jobs March 25, 2013 By Emery P. Dalesio MetLife Inc. announced it will move 2,600 jobs from offices in four Northeast states and California to lower-cost locations in...
Massachusetts Holds Insurance Awareness Event March 25, 2013 Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Joseph Murphy and his insurance division staff held an insurance awareness and education event at the South...
North Carolina Approves 7% Home Insurance Rate Increase March 25, 2013 North Carolina is allowing companies to raise homeowners’ insurance rates by a statewide average of seven percent a year starting...
Analysis Highlights Sandy’s Impact on Underwriting Results March 25, 2013 Financial information firm SNL Financial’s preliminary analysis of more than 2,600 individual P/C filer’s 2012 statutory data illustrates how big...
Building Updates: Aging Plumbing Systems March 25, 2013 By S. Carl Morello The Agent’s Role as Advisor and Risk Manager Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series to explain...
Legislators Propose Spreading Out NFIP Rate Hike March 25, 2013 A group of U.S. representatives from New York proposed a bill that would stretch out the National Flood Insurance Program’s...
Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Sued for Denying Wind Mitigation Discounts March 11, 2013 Citizens Property Insurance Corp. purposefully deprived customers of windstorm mitigation discounts through an arbitrary reinspection program that has cost customers...
High-Tech Personal Lines March 11, 2013 By Andrea Wells How technology is changing the way agents do business Many believe there is still opportunity for independent insurance agents and...
Suits Against Army Corps Over Nashville Floods Dismissed March 11, 2013 A federal judge has dismissed a pair of lawsuits claiming the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was responsible for flood...