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  Small Business Entrepreneurs Eager to Buy Insurance Direct, Online

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 11, 2013

  Small-business entrepreneurs say they are ready to purchase their insurance online, direct from carriers, according to a recent survey.

• Finding Value through Mobility

  May 1, 2013

  Tech Decisions asked several insurance technology analysts what value carriers can receive through the development of a mobile strategy. Taking part in the discussion are: Kimberly Harris-Ferrante of Gartner, Leah Hollstegge of Ward Group, Gerald Shields of The Nolan Company, and Chuck Johnson of Celent.

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  Slideshow: Finding Value Through Mobility

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 26, 2013

  PropertyCasualty360.com asked several leading insurance technology analysts what insurance carriers could—and should—do to develop a mobile strategy that reaches out to both their business partners—the independent agency workforce—and their policyholders who are demanding more of their insurance providers.

• Survey: Just 1/3 of Small Businesses Experiencing Data Breach Notify Customers

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  March 8, 2013

  More than half of small U.S. businesses surveyed by the Ponemon Institute were found to have experienced at least one data breach in the entire span of their operations, but only a third notified customers of the situation.

• Jocelyn M. Horton Continues Young Agent Discussion - nGI

  By nGI  |  February 21, 2013

  Jocelyn discusses how she got over her initial fears of making mistakes and learned to trust herself and be confident despite a lack of experience.

• Congress Reaches Fiscal Cliff Deal That Addresses Estate Tax Issues

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 2, 2013

  The House drew the nation back from the fiscal cliff Tuesday night when it approved legislation that, amongst other provisions, makes the current estate-tax policy permanent.

• Judicial Interpretations of ‘Owned-But-Not-Insured’

  By David Thamann  |  October 1, 2012

  What circumstances can invalidate the owned-but-not-insured exclusion? Some recent verdicts may provide guidance.

• AJG’s Private Exchange Offers PPACA Alternative, But Smaller Brokers May Have to Go with State Exchanges

  By Mark E. Ruquet  |  August 6, 2012

  Arthur J. Gallagher’s move to offer a private-insurance-exchange platform is a smart strategy for leveraging the health-care-reform law into new solutions for employee-benefit clients—but smaller brokers may find it difficult to duplicate such an offering, says one industry watcher.

• Private Exchanges a Solution, but Not For All Insurance Agents

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 27, 2012

  Arthur J. Gallagher’s launch of a private insurance-exchange platform shows one broker's strategy to leverage the healthcare-reform law into new solutions for employee-benefit clients, but smaller brokers may find it difficult to duplicate such a platform, an industry watcher says.

• How Health-Insurance Exchanges Could Affect Agents, Brokers

  By Steve Purkapile  |  June 4, 2012

  Although the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is currently under scrutiny by the U.S. Supreme Court for possibly being unconstitutional, many states are still pressing ahead with setting up insurance exchanges.

• Consumer Advocates Say Force-Placed Insurance Needs Regulation

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360  |  May 22, 2012

  The lack of competition and exorbitant rate charges point to a need for strong regulation of force-placed insurance programs, say consumer advocates in New York.

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  Health Insurance Exchanges: The Effect on Agents

  By Steve Purkapile  |  May 21, 2012

  Some states are taking up the banner for insurance exchanges. Is it better for them to wait?

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  The Week in Quotes

  By Staff Writers  |  May 18, 2012

  Leaders comment on the House's 30-day NFIP extension, force-placed insurance, and more.

• New York Force-Placed Insurance Inquiry to Expand to Other Coverages

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 17, 2012

  New York State regulators intend to expand their review of insurance coverages beyond force-placed insurance programs, according to Benjamin M. Lawsky, superintendent of Financial Services.

• FEMA Bans Insurance Rebating on NFIP Policies

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  April 20, 2012

  Insurance agents selling flood-insurance policies will no longer be allowed to cede a portion of their commissions to property owners to induce them to purchase insurance—a practice known as insurance rebating.

• FEMA Bans Insurance Rebating on NFIP Policies

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 18, 2012

  Insurance agents selling flood-insurance policies will no longer be allowed to cede a portion of their commissions to property owners to induce them to purchase insurance, a practice known as insurance rebating.