Missteps in Employee Hiring Costly for Agencies: MarshBerry November 25, 2013 By Megan Bosma For most lines of insurance business, commission income is growing and most insurance agents and brokers expect profits to be...
Seat Belts to Be Required on Tour, Intercity Buses Starting in 2016 November 25, 2013 By Joan Lowy New tour buses and buses that provide service between cities must be equipped with seat belts starting in late 2016...
Google’s Schmidt: Insurance About to ‘Explode’ With Uses for Big Data November 25, 2013 By Brian Womack and Trish Regan Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said new technologies that help companies analyze vast amounts of digital information have the...
Progressive Insurance Chairman, Former CEO, Philanthropist Lewis Dies November 24, 2013 By David Holley Progressive Corp. Chairman Peter B. Lewis, the billionaire who turned a company founded by his father into one of the...
Arch Insurance Group Launches New Side A D&O Policy November 22, 2013 Arch Insurance Group, a member of Arch Capital Group Ltd., has launched a new specialized management liability product in the...
SEC Proposes Fiduciary Duty for Investment Brokers Advising Retail Clients November 22, 2013 By Dave Michaels Investment brokers advising retail customers should be held to a standard that requires them to recommend products that are in...
Harleysville Insurance President/COO Michael Browne to Retire in May November 22, 2013 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Michael Browne, president and chief operating officer of the Harleysville Insurance, a member of...
Tower Group Expects to Avoid NASDAQ Delisting November 22, 2013 By Susanne Sclafane Tower Group International, Ltd. announced Wednesday that NASDAQ has notified the company that it is not in compliance with the...
Scientists Say Asteroids Pose Serious Threat… But Don’t Panic November 22, 2013 By Bloomberg Editors On Feb. 15, a 13,000-ton rock plunged through the skies above Chelyabinsk, Russia. It shone 30 times brighter than the...
House, Senate Negotiators Fail to Reach Agreement on Crop Insurance Bill November 21, 2013 By Alan Bjerga and Derek Wallbank House and Senate negotiators adjourned talks on a new agricultural bill until after a congressional recess, increasing the chances of...