Agency Management

There are in excess of 35,000 independent insurance agents and brokers in the United States, and the vast majority of them are privately held.

While more than half of employers recently surveyed about health care reform provisions say they will maintain their health plans, one-third don't know what they will do in 2014 when new state exchanges start operating.

Employers are working overtime to sort through the details of the new health care reform legislation and its effect on their benefits programs.

Corporate America and trial lawyers are anxiously awaiting a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court, which has agreed to hear an appeal in a discrimination lawsuit case involving thousands of women seeking class-action status against Wal-Mart.

According to the 2010 U.S. Wind Industry Monitor, significant growth in the use of wind turbines in the United States is projected over the next several years.

The bipartisan tax cut legislative package unveiled by the Senate would include the most generous of all the estate tax provisions talked about over the last five years.