The good news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. The bad...                
            
        Hurricanes News
                    In Pascagoula, Miss., on the Gulf Coast, agent Laverne Nelson has to get windstorm coverage for her personal property from...                
            
        
                    Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has approved a statewide average homeowners insurance rate increase of 10.3 percent for policies written...                
            
        
                    The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) announced that Randy Lanoix of Donaldsonville, La., has been...                
            
        
                    A world-class convention center in Gulf Shores. Low-fare airline service at Mobile Regional Airport. A permanent solution to Alabama’s coastal...                
            
        
                    Following Hurricane Katrina, many insurance agents and brokers found themselves being sued by their customers when they realized that they...                
            
        
                    Galveston County Judge Susan Criss on Sept. 27 put on hold a Texas state representative’s request for information from the...                
            
        
                    The remains of Tropical Storm Nicole battered the U.S. Atlantic Coast like a hurricane as it moved from the Carolinas...                
            
        
                    Europe’s largest companies will need to spend more time and resources over the next year on long-term strategic risk planning...                
            
        
                    “Insurers and brokers must remind themselves of the value that insurance provides to clients and to society as a whole,”...