Independent Insurance Agents Find Some Pundits, Politicians in Washington Agree April 13, 2014 By Andrew G. Simpson News flash: a conservative and a liberal in Washington agree — on quite a few matters, in fact. Before an...
Municipal Bond Insurance Sales Expected to Rise With Interest Rates April 13, 2014 By Michelle Kaske Demand for municipal bond insurance is poised to increase as rising interest rates reduce investor appetite for riskier state and...
Secure Settlements Launches Mortgage Settlement Insurance April 11, 2014 Secure Settlements, Inc. (SSI),a data intelligence and risk analytics company for the mortgage industry, has partnered with RFIB Group Ltd....
Hartford CEO McGee’s Pay Up 58% to $17.7 Million As Stock Surges April 11, 2014 By Zachary Tracer Liam McGee, the chief executive officer of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., had his compensation increase 58 percent last year...
Sebelius Resigning as Obama Health Chief April 10, 2014 By Roberta Rampton U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning after overseeing the botched rollout of President Barack Obama’s signature...
9 Ex-Players Sue NHL Over Head Injuries April 10, 2014 The National Hockey League was sued by nine former players who claim a culture of “extreme violence” resulted in head...
Forecasters See Quiet Atlantic Hurricane Season April 10, 2014 By Brian K. Sullivan Rising heat in the equatorial Pacific Ocean portends the quietest Atlantic hurricane season in five years, Colorado State University researchers...
Senators Announce Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Terrorism Insurance April 10, 2014 By Cheyenne Hopkins and James Rowley A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has agreed on legislation to extend the government’s financial backstop of terrorism insurance for...
Larson, Aga Join Leavitt Recreation & Hospitality April 10, 2014 Leavitt Recreation & Hospitality (LRHI) added Ali Larson and Marvin Aga as commercial insurance producers focused on outdoor recreational businesses,...
NAPCO Report: Prices Decreasing, Competition Increasing in P&C Space April 10, 2014 Insurers have become increasingly competitive and are reducing rates for most accounts as a result of low global insured catastrophe...