Top 5 Things Affecting Excess & Surplus Market in 2011 December 30, 2010 By Amy O'Connor It has been a challenging few years for those in the excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance market. An endless...
Calif. Commissioner Poizner: Insurance Agent Advice Critical December 30, 2010 By Patricia-Anne Tom As California’s third elected insurance commissioner, Steve Poizner has had a wealth of accomplishments. Among other things, he: reduced the...
Allstate Sues Bank of America Over Countrywide Mortgage Losses December 28, 2010 By Jonathan Stempel Allstate Corp. has sued Bank of America Corp., its Countrywide lending unit and 17 other defendants for allegedly misrepresenting the...
2010’s Top Insurance Stories in the West December 23, 2010 By Patricia-Anne Tom In 2009, independent insurance agents and brokers faced a “perfect storm” with the economic downturn, premiums at a fraction of...
SPECIAL REUTERS REPORT: Inside AIG’s Tortuous Turnaround December 22, 2010 By David Lawder and Paritosh Bansal During a rainstorm in Washington in early 2009, amid the furor over Wall Street’s post-bailout bonuses, an American International Group...
Insurance Vital to Alabama Coast Long-Term Plan, Says Commission December 21, 2010 By Andrew G. Simpson Coastal Alabama should seize the BP Gulf oil disaster as an opportunity for “resiliency planning” that will not only help...
Fact or Fiction? Insurance Tidbits of Known and Little-Known Information December 20, 2010 Have you ever wondered what big events helped shape regulation of the current U.S. insurance industry? Or if drivers of...
The Agency Salary Blues December 20, 2010 By Andrea Wells Independent agency salaries maintained or decreased slightly in 2009, but employee morale may be registering at an all time low....
How an E&O Claim Could Affect Agency Employee’s Career December 20, 2010 By Andrea Wells Survey Finds Agencies Take a Second Look at Hiring Employees With Past E&O Histories Today’s soft insurance market, reduced commissions...
Why Top Performing Agencies Focus on Compensation Expenses December 20, 2010 By Jim Cuprisin There are a lot of performance benchmarks to focus on to become a top performing insurance agency and to achieve...