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'Twenty-five percent growth guaranteed!" boast some consultants, Web sites and advertisements. Headlines these days are all about fast growth. Magazine covers tout it, articles walk you through how to achieve it and agency conferences build
Coverage for motor cargo "in transit" may apply while trailer is parkedA cargo company in Tennessee arranged to have an independent trucking company transport freight for it. The trucking company agreed to indemnify the cargo company for any loss,
There's a reason I have a distinct memory of the first collectible car policy I ever wrote. That's because I wrote it for myself. No one can accuse me of not practicing what I preach!I've been in the insurance
The start of the 2007 hurricane season is just around the corner, and you can be sure that Alex Soto, the current president of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, is well aware of it. Indeed, in a speech to attendees at last
Once again the Merry Month of May has arrived, and spring has sprung all about our neck of the woods. And what is spring, but a time to turn one's thoughts to renewal, rebirth and fertility. Before that sentence takes you too far astray, remember
Just like their counterparts at publicly owned companies, the directors and officers of privately held businesses face significant liability exposures. Yet many do not purchase directors and officers liability
Liberty Mutual Property introduces food-processing endorsementLiberty Mutual Property, part of the Liberty Mutual Group, announced an endorsement to its commercial property coverage for the food-processing industry. RM Custom Select addresses
Employment practices liability insurance is not the exotic coverage it once was. Today most businesses, regardless of their size or nature, realize they can face litigation from employees alleging such things as
The comments from Bob Hunter, director of insurance, Consumer Federation of America, were made Friday when the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America held a panel discussion and town hall m
The comments from Bob Hunter, director of insurance, Consumer Federation of America, were made Friday when the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America held a panel discussion and town hall m