Agent & Broker

In a statement today, Willis Group Holdings in New York said the current plans do not avoid the conflict of interest situations that were associated with contingent commissions when they were dropped

The effort was announced by Jeffrey M. Yates, ACT's (Agents Council for Technology) executive director, at a press conference held here during the Independent Agents & Brokers of America's Legislative

Problems settling "wind versus water" claims after Hurricane Katrina--with policyholders, including members of Congress, challenging denials based on the standard flood exclusion--generated unwanted

"Another terror attack can come at any time, anywhere [in the United States], and the loss could cripple the American insurance industry," he said here during the Independent Insurance Agents and

The survey results point to dramatic premium drops in some parts of the United States, said the Washington-based Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers, in releasing its latest report on commercial

Mr. Ryan, now Aon's executive chairman, was also president and chief executive officer until 2005, when Gregory Case was named to those posts. He made his observations on the state of his brokerage

Sept. 11, 2001 changed the way major commercial property claims were adjusted by many insurers, initiating a new team approach, but the method has proven more cumbersome in the aftermath of

WASHINGTON--The president of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America took the insurance industry to task today for its failure to defend itself over Hurricane Katrina claims handling and