Markets/Coverages News

La. Communities Earn Flood Discounts

As the 2004 hurricane season concludes next week, residents of four Louisiana communities will reportedly pay less for flood insurance...

Mass. Approves New Residual Auto Plan

After years of industry complaints and months of wrangling among regulators, carriers, voluntary agents, involuntary agents, consumers and lawmakers, Massachusetts...

Storm Warnings:

As Insurers Tally ’04 Hurricane Losses, Experts See Similar Seasons Ahead The property insurance industry sustained record third-quarter losses this...

Pride in the Independent Agency System

By N. Stephen Ruchman
Over the past five years the insurance industry has endured the entry of banks into the field; faced heinous attacks...