Home Insurance Claimants Who Use Agents Happier Than Those Who Don’t April 1, 2013 Satisfaction among home insurance claimants who file through agents is 50 points higher than it is for those who file...
Investors Wary of ‘Slow Panic’ on Growth after Cyprus Rescue April 1, 2013 By Mike Dolan World markets have reacted calmly to the twists and turns of Cyprus’s financial rescue in the last fortnight but many...
BrickStreet Auditor, 4 Coal Contractors Plead Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud April 1, 2013 A workers’ compensation auditor and four coal company contractors in West Virginia have pleaded guilty to federal charges in a...
Relatives Sue Over University of Alabama Cheerleader Bus Crash April 1, 2013 A family is suing over a fatal crash involving a bus that was carrying University of Alabama cheerleaders back to...
Florida May End Insurers’ Tax Credit April 1, 2013 By Michael Adams Florida lawmakers are moving forward with a proposal to eliminate a 15 percent premium tax credit for insurance companies in...
Southern States Still Opposed to Obamacare April 1, 2013 By Bill Barrow As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the South, including from...
UK’s New Regulators Take Over; FCA Now Responsible for Insurance Sector April 1, 2013 By Charles E. Boyle In a move that is certainly not an April Fool’s Day joke, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), which has been...
Post Office to Run Flood Insurance Program April 1, 2013 Congress has authorized the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for an extended period of six months, or until the next...
Allianz Teams with Borealis Infrastructure to Buy Czech Gas Pipeline Operator April 1, 2013 Germany’s Allianz SE has partnered with Borealis Infrastructure, the infrastructure investment arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS),...
Project CAP CEO Bacciocco Shares Views on Consumer Agent Portal and 2013 April 1, 2013 By Andrea Wells Independent agents should soon be getting some help with their personal lines sales— better late than never. The delayed Consumer...