Agency Management

At a time when charges of age discrimination are soaring, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed to give a break to employers and their employment practices liability insurers this month.

While true merger and acquisition activity in the property and casualty insurance industry isn't occurring at the pace of prior soft markets, a form of consolidation is occurring as concerned agents and brokers move business to safer havens.

Will AIG or Maurice Greenberg prevail in the court battle over funds allegedly set aside as incentive compensation? Click to www.property-casualty.com and cast your vote in this week's NU online poll.

Insurance policies for a reality television show require a special brand of expertise, a broker for the sector said today in the wake of news that the stars of "Jon and Kate Plus Eight" are divorcing.

More than half of Americans who have health insurance are opposed to or "are not sure how they feel" about a government-operated health care plan, according to a new poll.

You can be privy to the micro-musings of NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman by following him on Twitter, where he is known as @NUSam! Go to https://twitter.com/NUSam to become a Friedman follower!

Insurance interests would be premature in trying to lobby for changes in Obama administration tax proposals until they are formally unveiled, probably Dec. 4, an insurance brokerage lobbyist advised here.

Proponents of a single-payer health insurance system keep reciting the mantra, Medicare For All, but the problem is that would never work actuarially, argues NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman in his blog today at www.NUSamSoapBox.com.