NU's latest quarterly ethics column focused on the controversy over whether insurance agents and brokers can continue accepting contingency fees from insurers for producing a certain volume or quality of business without creating a conflict of interest between what's best for their clients against what benefits the agency's bottom line. Read on for reader reaction and to file your own comments.

The column was prepared by Peter R. Kensicki, a professor of insurance at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Ky., as well as a member of the Ethics Committee of the CPCU Society. (You may reach Prof. Kensicki at ethics@eku.edu.) We thank all of those who responded to NU's query, and invite you to continue the dialogue here on my blog.