Insurance M&A Trends That May Lead to ‘Perfect Storm’ in 2014 January 9, 2014 By Mark Sponseller and Brent Perkel Encouraged by a vigorous period of insurance M&A activity in the second half of 2012, many in the industry had...
Burand’s Agency E&O Blog: Tip #52 December 27, 2013 By Chris Burand Update Census Forms on AORs/BORs. When an agency takes over a group benefits account by AOR or BOR, it is...
The PIA Partnership Launches Growth Tool For Agency Members December 19, 2013 The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) and its agency-company council, The PIA Partnership, have designed a new tool...
P/C Industry Supportive But Cautious on Federal Insurance Office Recommendations December 13, 2013 By Andrea Wells Insurers, agents, brokers and state regulators welcome modernization and improvements in the current regulation of insurance, but are not so...
Burand’s Agency E&O Blog: Tip #51 November 27, 2013 By Chris Burand State Guaranty Funds. Many agency owners, producers, and CSRs believe state guaranty funds provide blank insolvency protection for any client...
The Charity Issue: How the Insurance Industry Helps November 21, 2013 Does your insurance organization support the community? Over the years, Insurance Journal has discovered numerous stories of how agents, brokers,...
Burand’s Agency E&O Blog: Tip #50 November 21, 2013 By Chris Burand Binders Redux. A binder is a temporary insurance contract. This is a fact. The Acord 75 field Description states, “A...
Burand’s Agency E&O Blog: Tip #49 November 19, 2013 By Chris Burand Date Stamping. Could any E&O blog address a simpler subject than date stamping? Maybe not, but date stamping correctly to...
Dovetail Insurance Expands Distribution of BOP Product in Midwest November 7, 2013 Dovetail Insurance, a supplier of cloud-based insurance product delivery services, is expanding its distribution of NetBOP in seven states, including...
Marsh & McLennan Climbs to Post-Spitzer High October 28, 2013 By Marci Jacobs Marsh & McLennan Cos., the biggest insurance broker by market value, has climbed to a 9-year high, bouncing back from...