Agency Management

Subcontractors and builders have not been frequent targets of the lawsuits over defective Chinese drywall so far, but that could soon change, a lawyer said recently.

Years before Warren Buffett suggested in early May that Berkshire-Hathaway might consider offering insurance coverage for flu pandemics, a specialty insurer developed the first property-casualty product related to disease outbreaks in 2006.

Any firm targeting high-tech companies as a critical niche must not only talk the talk but walk the walk with prospects and clients, or risk losing accounts to more cutting-edge service providers.

RCM&D set out to implement tech solutions that would not only streamline the labor-intensive sales process but also promote teamwork and collaboration.

With independent agencies struggling to survive in this anemic economy, many are looking to join with a bigger operation to bolster their leverage with carriers, gain access to new markets and achieve economies of scale.

Michael G. Cherkasky, former Marsh & McLennan Companies chief executive, was appointed yesterday to take over as chairman of the scandal-scarred New York State Commission on Public Integrity.