Agent & Broker

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  WikiLeaks and the World Wide Wild West

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 9, 2010

  No matter how you feel about the WikiLeaking of the U.S. State Department documents, you have to admit this -- the opportunity for risk exposure in ...

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  When social media becomes too authentic

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 11, 2010

  If you're interested in the ever-shifting convergence of employment practices liability and the ubiquitiousness of social media, you might want to keep an eye on a lawsuit ...

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  Will small-business lawmakers make a difference?

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 5, 2010

  The dust has finally settled on the invective-laden midterm elections (I sure won't miss those automated phone messages), and the Republicans (and the Tea Party) ...

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  Times aren't tough for these 10 industries

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 29, 2010

  Want a peek behind the current economic malaise? Believe it or not, some industries are actually growing -- some by double digits -- at a ...

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  A cautionary tale

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 7, 2010

  Warning: This post doesn't specifically have anything to do with insurance, except in the larger scope of what it means to succeed or fail in today's ...

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  Credit scoring: You can't always play by the numbers

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 24, 2010

  It never fails to surprise me how much of a hot-button issue credit scoring continues to be in our industry. It's not like it's some new ...

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  Top 5 traits of our 2010 agency award winners

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 9, 2010

  Although I'm sworn to secrecy regarding their identities, I can reveal that the winners are in for the 2010 AA&B/National Underwriter Agency of the Year ...

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  Are bedbugs biting your customers?

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 2, 2010

  If you still think bedbugs are only a problem for the great unwashed living in squalorous tenements, read the news. Your customers probably already have, especially ...

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  Of pets and premiums

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 27, 2010

  Everybody loves pets -- at least I do, and I have plenty of company. But can an independent agent ...

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  The importance of making stuff

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 19, 2010

  Unemployment may still be high because companies aren't hiring, but one sector is the exception: Firms specializing in high-tech manufacturing are begging for workers because ...