Agent & Broker

INSURANCE companies have a terrific opportunity to increase profits and improve agency relationships by designing great contingency contracts. Such contracts are fair and create incentives for agencies to produce results beneficial to the carrier,

The following article was adapted from Mr. Tarnef's presentation at the 2005 CPCU Society Annual Meeting and Seminars, which was held last October in Atlanta.) THERE are many ways in which losses to motor truck cargo can occur accidentally. Goods may

The following article was adapted from Mr. Tarnef's presentation at the 2005 CPCU Society Annual Meeting and Seminars, which was held last October in Atlanta.) THERE are many ways in which losses to motor truck cargo can occur accidentally. Goods may

TRUCKING is a growing niche. That should be obvious to anyone who has driven on an interstate highway lately, and it also is backed up by statistics from the Federal Highway Administration. According to the most recent information posted on its Web

WHOLESALERS and insurers attending last month's annual meeting of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices were given an optimistic assessment of the outlook for their top legislative priority, the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance

HAVE YOU ever heard the story about the preacher who delivered a sermon about the duty of all true believers to give faithfully to the Lord's work? "If you had the cattle on a thousand hills," he said, "would you deny the Lord His due and refuse to

HAVE YOU ever heard the story about the preacher who delivered a sermon about the duty of all true believers to give faithfully to the Lord's work? "If you had the cattle on a thousand hills," he said, "would you deny the Lord His due and refuse to

An insurer's agreement with California's insurance commissioner to settle charges that the carrier collected excessive fees is being challenged by an agents group that says the settlement sets an ille