Agency Management

The May 11 entry deadline is rapidly approaching for National Underwriter's fourth annual "Awards For Excellence In Workers' Compensation Risk Management," sponsored by the National Council on Compensation Insurance.

The Commercial Insurance Agency of the Year Award program, run for the past eight years exclusively by National Underwriter, is being expanded and managed in partnership for the first time with its sister publication.

The Risk and Insurance Management Society hailed the recent declaration by Marsh that it will not accept controversial contingent commissions in its U.S. core insurance broking segment

There is probably little debate that 2009 was one of the toughest years in a long time for insurance agents and brokers, who confronted the dual challenges of a continued soft commercial lines market and the lingering effect of the recession

The AMS Users Group announced a makeover at its annual meeting, changing its name to NetVU to reflect the identity change of its software development partner, Vertafore.

As April 1 property catastrophe market renewals closed, rates continued the same soft market trend witnessed during Jan. 1 renewals, according to a report from reinsurance broker Aon Benfield.