Big Brains at Big ‘I’, Insurance Information Institute Give Their Take on 2014 December 11, 2013 By Don Jergler Most economists are upbeat about next year, but just what does that mean for insurance agents in 2014? For independent...
Fireman’s Fund Enhances Art Collection Product with ‘Death of An Artist’ Coverage December 11, 2013 Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has introduced new death of an artist loss settlement provisions, as well as seven other coverages...
Obamacare November Enrollment Tops 250,000; Sebelius Seeks Probe of Botched Launch December 11, 2013 By Alex Wayne More than 250,000 Americans selected private health insurance plans through Obamacare enrollment systems last month, better than twice as many...
The Agency Producer Activity Gap and How to Close It: Survey December 11, 2013 By Andrew G. Simpson Agency producers are not spending enough of their time on the sales-related activities that they and their managers think they...
Farm, Crop Insurance Bill Won’t Be Ready Until January: Leaders December 11, 2013 By Charles Abbott The four top negotiators for the new U.S. farm bill, already a year behind schedule, said on Tuesday they would...
Q&A: Liability Insurance Implication for Admitting Wrongdoing in SEC Settlements December 11, 2013 By Young Ha Earlier this year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement with New York-based hedge fund adviser Philip A....
Commercial Lines Price Gains Slowing Down: Towers Watson December 10, 2013 Even though commercial insurance prices increased for the 11th straight quarter—rising by 5 percent in aggregate during third-quarter 2013—price gains...
Frustrated Insurance Brokers Say They Can Help Obamacare If Allowed December 10, 2013 By Kelli Kennedy When insurance agent Kelly Fristoe recently spent 30 minutes helping a client pick a mid-level health plan and the federal...
Rescheduled Asiana Crash Hearing to Probe Pilot Reliance on Automation December 10, 2013 By Alan Levin A U.S. safety regulator’s hearing on the July 6 crash of an Asiana Airlines Inc. plane in San Francisco was...
Former Marsh CEO Duperreault in Group Buying SAC Capital Reinsurance Unit December 10, 2013 By Katherine Burton, Noah Buhayar and Zachary Tracer Steven A. Cohen, the billionaire founder of SAC Capital Advisors LP, agreed to sell a reinsurer he formed in 2012...