At a breakfast meeting for the IIABA Young Agents group, Mr. Fulwider asked how many young agents in attendance were more concerned about sales than agency operations. Most raised their hands to signa

WASHINGTON--Advocates of continuing state regulation for the insurance industry have an ally in one of Maine's senators, who told an agent's group that she is against the idea of an optional federal in

He said the plan to streamline the U.S. financial regulatory system crafted by his successor, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., which contains a call for an optional federal charter, is a "move

The nation's insurance guarantee funds organization reported today that insolvencies in the property-casualty sector have been on the low side, but there is a continuing movement on the legislative an

Two of the world's largest brokerage firms are in compliance with a settlement agreement that bars them from taking contingent commissions, according to a consultant's review, the New York Insurance D

The son of big-time trial attorney Richard Scruggs followed his dad's lead in pleading guilty in federal court to felony charges related to an attempt to bribe a state judge in a Hurricane Katrina

Captives are usually formed during a hard market and they are typically prompted by the need for capacity. An agent-owned captive, however, can offer benefits to an agent beyond capacity. In

With every new problem in the world that emerges, there seems to be some enterprising insurers that follow--willing to put up capital and write policies to take on that developing risk. One could