Agency Management

"Disaster has no schedule," warns Bob Boyd, chief executive officer of Agility Recovery Solutions.

If there is one thing that is continually stressed in any discussion about catastrophe management for insurance agencies, it is having a plan in place and knowing what it is.

While controversy surrounds the implementation of producer disclosure regulations by the New York State Department of Insurance, associations say they are obligated to prepare agents for the new mandates, like them or not

The possibility of a turn in commercial insurance pricing and the certainty of major changes in the way the world's oldest insurance market does business are among the key areas being addressed at NAPSLO's annual conference.

Daytona Beach, Fla.-based insurance broker Brown & Brown has acquired Wakefield, Mass.-based Crowe Paradis.

Health regulators will deal this month with a request by agents that their commissions not be treated as part of a company's premium revenue for purposes of establishing medical loss ratios.