Most respondents to a recent AA&B survey maintained agency E&O insurance and more complex coverages, including prior acts, first-dollar defense, carrier insolvency and defense outside the limit.

Have you heard the news? The Great Recession is over!

It's officially spring. The swallows have returned to Capistrano, the independent insurance agents have lobbied Capitol Hill and here in Chicago, we're hoping that baseball's opening day doesn't bring snowfall.

Congress's failure last week to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program once again leaves consumers in limbo, especially those that plan on closing on property purchases within the next few weeks.

The good news? The new law presents some great opportunities for agents and brokers to prove their mettle to their customers.

Although the CEOs of four global insurers are seeing some green shoots of economic improvement, they predict a long, slow recovery and a soft insurance market cycle that could extend well into the decade.

Congress's stall to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has thrown the insurance market into disarray. With more than 5.6 million policies in effect, and so much at stake, what can agents and brokers do to advise their customers?

With a Republican Senate win tipping the Congressional balance away from the Democrats (see "Legislative Roundup"), healthcare reform has officially been relegated to the back burner.