Recent court decisions appear to shield agents from a duty to provide advice about sufficiency of coverage, limiting their legal responsibility to obtaining coverage requested by a consumer, according to this week’s NU cover story.

Even when insurance policies clearly instruct otherwise, insureds often contact their agents instead of the carrier to report a claim. Attorney Matthew Marrone provides tips on how agents should respond to this tricky and delicate situation—to avoid their own E&O situations down the road.

Property/casualty insurers need to utilize mobile technology, but doing so will not be as easy as adapting current web applications to handheld devices. A richer, more integrated level of service will be expected, especially among young people who have grown up in a digital world.

Property/casualty insurers need to utilize mobile technology, but doing so will not be as easy as adapting current web applications to handheld devices. A richer, more integrated level of service will be expected, especially among young people who have grown up in a digital world.

The Association of Professional Insurance Women has selected Pina Albo, president of the reinsurance division of Munich Reinsurance America, as this year’s recipient of the APIW Insurance Woman of the Year Award.

Itasca, Ill.-based insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. says it has acquired Blue Water Benefits, Inc. located in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

Itasca, Ill.-based insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. says it has acquired Blue Water Benefits, Inc. located in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

With an estimated 27,000 electric cars expected to hit the roads in 2011, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. says it is installing electric vehicle charging stations at its Hartford, Simsbury and Windsor, Conn., campuses.