News and information for property & casualty insurance agents and brokers on how to manage their agency, including agency marketing, prospecting, developing carrier relationships, claims handling, serving clients, and much more.
What ethical obligations, if any, do insurance companies and independent agencies have in developing a more diverse industry workforce? Offer your take at NU Editor Sam Friedman's blog at www.NUSamSoapBox.com.
What is the single most important element of a successful IT systems implementation? That's the question posed to readers of NU's Technology Decisions at www.tech-decisions.com.
The drop in insurance prices shows signs of reversal as the directors and officers liability line for the first time in almost three years did not show a downward trend, an online insurance exchange said.
Kansas City, Mo.-based insurance broker Lockton said it has opened a second office in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, that will expand its energy and reinsurance capabilities in South America.
Brokers placing casualty insurance risks find a continuing decline in rates, but other lines are seeing rate increases over this year's second quarter, a report from Aon said.
A federal judge ruled last week that Starr International Co. Inc. did not breach its trust to AIG employees over continuation of a deferred compensation program.
After doubling in size last Monday, the "Station Fire" in California threatened homes and commercial properties with a total insured value of more than $17 billion.
The sad truth about the current debate over health care is that it has little to do with real reform, while there is not much informed debate going on anymore.
AIG, its former Chairman and CEO Maurice R. Greenberg and its former CFO Howard I. Smith announced last week that they have jointly agreed on terms for binding arbitration of various legal disputes.