Agent & Broker

Like some insurance professionals, I first learned the finer points of risk management in school--but not as a college student. Rather, you could say I took a crash course while employed by the Pasadena Unified

When I tell colleagues my market niche is affordable housing, I often get raised eyebrows. When you say affordable housing, many people envision run-down public housing and neighborhoods they wouldn't want to live

Are you a property-casualty agent? Are you an attorney? If, like most of us, you answered "yes" to the former question and "no" to the latter, why would you want to enlarge your E&O exposure beyond its already formidable size by acting like an

Former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer (now the state's governor) probably has few friends among independent agents and brokers. His investigations of the insurance industry, starting back in October 2004, have led several insurance companies

Insureds can't recover for claims they won't discuss under oathThe insureds in this Alabama case owned a convenience store. They bought an insurance policy for it that had a coverage period commencing March 13, 2001. The insureds submitted claims

Few agents get to merge their favorite pastimes with their insurance practices. I'm happy to say I'm one of them. I love to play golf and am a big fan of the game. So I couldn't be more pleased that 20% of our

Thomas E. Hampton, D.C commissioner of Insurance, Securities and Banking, predicted in a statement: "The establishment of a regulatory scheme for securitizing insurance risks in a captive and the amen

Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind.-Conn., is scheduled to address members of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America during its Legislative Conference and Convention next month, the group announce