The temptation to predict the odds of a legislative issue rising or falling during the first week of the legislative session is both foolish and irresistible. It reminds me of a friend of mine who

REWARDING your employees is hard. Wanting to reward them is easy. This is particularly true at our insurance agency. All Higginbotham employees own stock in the agency, and their commitment to their investment shows. Thanks to our staff, Higginbotham

INSURANCE OFFICE of America is an agency that has always placed a strong emphasis on growth. Since starting out in 1988 at a single location in Florida, IOA has grown into an organization with 22 offices throughout the Southeast, the Mid-Atlantic and

This article was derived from Mr. Thompson's presentation at the Fifth Annual Target Markets Program Administrators Summit, which was held in October in Tempe, Ariz.) WORDS mean things--especially when it comes to contracts. That's why it's

SOME AGENTS develop a specialty carefully and deliberately. Others--like me--fall into them by happenstance. Acordia's marketing department hired me right out of college to work at its service desk, where I found myself dealing with

Florida personal injury protection (PIP) claim costs (claimed economic losses and actual claim payments) increased at double-digit rates between 2002 and 2005, far outpacing the rate of inflation,

According to the Ohio Department of Insurance, Alberta Faye Clark and Tammie Creamer, both of Xenia, were longtime dentistry employees of the same office. The DOI's investigation concluded that from

American Hobbyist said it has moved its headquarters from Stuart, Fla., to Jenkintown, Pa.The move to larger quarters was made to accommodate growth and to ...