Agent & Broker

LAWYERS are the butt of many a joke, but the last one they want to hear goes something like this: "Did you hear about the lawyer who was sued down to his briefs?" Nevertheless, many lawyers have to grin and bear it, as they discover that knowledge of

IN INSURANCE company offices last month, you could hear a collective sigh of relief as an important decision in a Hurricane Katrina-related case came down in favor of the carriers. In Paul Leonard and Julie Leonard v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.,

The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America has asked the U.S. Trade Representative to help see revisions to Japan's insurance regulation that would give U.S. carriers more access to markets

Take-up rates--the percentage of companies buying the coverage--varied considerably by region: about 67 percent of firms in the U.S. Northeast and 58 percent of Midwest firms purchased property terroris

Young agents are targeting personal lines insurance as an area to grow their agencies, and most view technology as important, but less than 12 percent have an interactive Web site, according to an ins

Young agents are targeting personal lines insurance as an area to grow their agencies, and most view technology as important, but less than 12 percent have an interactive Web site, according to an ins

The Captive Insurance Council of the District of Columbia (CIC-DC) said its September conference will hear Washington Deputy Mayor Stanley Jackson outline the city's upcoming economic development, tec

The matter was spotlighted when the Chicago-Sun Times reported on the award of the contract to Myron "Mike" Cherry, a Chicago attorney who has made political donations to Democratic Gov. Rod R. Blagoj