Depending on what line of agriculture insurance agents are serving, the potential is there to farm a profit. However, some lines of insurance are finding the growing tough. California-based Fredricksen Insurance Services is a program manager for the Travelers’ Livestock …
Gov. Dirk Kempthorne signed Senate Bill 1408, restricting insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores, earlier this week despite being urged by several insurers and trade groups to veto it. National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) Northwest Regional Manager Michael Harrold …
Nuts & Bolts: DMI Insurance Services Inc. is offering a program for non-franchised used car dealers. Appointments are required. Seeking to form long-lasting, mutually beneficial partnerships with producers that are garage specialists with books of garage business and a proven …
Ohio-based Great American Insurance Company, a property and casualty insurance operation, has begun offering notary bonds and errors and omissions insurance in 16 states. The states are: Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, …
The American Insurance Association (AIA) says a measure to restrict insurers’ use of credit scores will raise rates for two-thirds of policyholders and will significantly harm Idaho’s insurance market. “This bill creates an unworkable law that will isolate and disrupt …
Legislative action has been completed on a bill prohibiting insurers from charging a higher premium or declining to insure a person based primarily on his or her credit rating or history. The House passed Senate Bill 1408 March 11 and …
The Utah Legislature has passed a bill aimed at protecting consumers who depend on structured settlements, becoming the first state this year to do so, according to the Alliance of American Insurers. Five other states are considering such legislation this …
The insurance industry is notoriously reluctant to change. So it was little surprise that the Internet—a tool that has the power to introduce cost-saving efficiencies into the insurance process for carriers and agents alike—met with such stiff resistance less than …
An Idaho State Senate committee recently approved a bill prohibiting insurers from charging a higher premium or deciding not to insure a person based primarily on his or her credit rating or history. In opposing SB 1408, National Association of …
At last, the gap between potential and reality is shrinking as agents explore their online options. The insurance industry is notoriously reluctant to change. So it was little surprise that the Internet—a tool that has the power to introduce cost-saving …
