As Congress prepares to return to work Sept. 8 for an abbreviated session, a priority for the insurance industry will be ensuring that legislators keep on their radar enactment of a bill aimed at streamlining agent and broker licensing.
The Workers Compensation Institute has opened registration for the 69th annual Workers Compensation Educational Conference (WCEC), set for Aug. 17 to 24 at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Florida.
Cyber-liability insurance may be a hard sell for independent agents, but the changing nature of exposures and the responsibilities states have imposed upon businesses are making it a growing necessity for even smaller mom-and-pop operations, says an educator.
Cyber-liability insurance may be a hard sell for independent agents, but the changing nature of exposures and the responsibilities states have imposed upon businesses are making it a growing necessity for even smaller mom-and-pop operations, says an educator.
The traditional defense-oriented, insurance-based role of the risk manager is giving way to an opportunities-driven approach linked to corporate strategya trend that is pushing risk professionals to seek continuing education (CE) courses teaching the business skills they need to stay competitive in todays market.
Covering the risks for high-net-worth (HNW) clients requires an agent to be well-educated in what these customers need, says Lee Roth, president of the private-client group division of North America for Chartis. A limited number of agents specialize in dealing with these individuals, whose personal-insurance needs go beyond just...
In what may amount to a little holiday reprieve for Allstate agents, the company says it will not cut base commissions as deeply as it originally announced, but the head of an agents group says the rank and file is still not pleased with the companys move.
In what may amount to a little holiday reprieve for Allstate agents, the company says it will not cut base commissions as deeply as it originally announced, but the head of an agents group says the rank and file is still not pleased with the companys move.