To identify your business as merely an "insurance agency" these days could prove fatal as clients seek far more expertise than just policy placement--demanding risk management support to limit

Since being named the "2007 Champion" in the National Underwriter Commercial Insurance Agency of the Year award program, Cottingham & Butler has continued to grow despite the challenges of a soft

Taking a cue from the theme of this week's annual meeting of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices--"Navigating Change"--NU asked several brokers to share their strategies for

The issues that once drove dramatic increases in liability insurance costs for those in the health care industry have not disappeared, but the abundance of capital, improved risk management practices

While J. Smith Lanier stresses service to clients as the backbone of its success, the agency's support of community philanthropy is an equally important aspect of its mission to establish a stellar

While J. Smith Lanier stresses service to clients as the backbone of its success, the agency's support of community philanthropy is an equally important aspect of its mission to establish a stellar

In its "Airline Insurance Market Indicators Autumn 2008" report, the Chicago-based broker's aviation unit in London said the airline insurance market is hardening for the first time in five years even

Hurricane Ike--which caused anywhere from $6 billion to as much as $18 billion in insured losses, catastrophe modelers estimate--will likely boost the industry's combined ratio, perhaps back over the