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Direct sales to consumers of personal-lines products has been a major Auto and Homeowners insurance distribution platform for years, keeping the heat on independent agents and brokers to prove their added value if they want to retain market share. However, a day of reckoning on small-commercial business could be looming...

Direct sales to consumers of personal-lines products has been a major Auto and Homeowners insurance distribution platform for years, keeping the heat on independent agents and brokers to prove their added value if they want to retain market share. However, a day of reckoning on small-commercial business could be looming...

(UPDATED PICS) Superstorm Sandy is heavy on the shoulders, and on the heart.

Because Superstorm Sandy is an example of how hurricanes (or any natural disaster, for that matter) don't pick favorites, a National Catastrophe Fund is needed to spread risk.

Because Superstorm Sandy is an example of how hurricanes (or any natural disaster, for that matter) don't pick favorites, a National Catastrophe Fund is needed to spread risk.

This young Austin, Texas-based agent lost more than 65 pounds in the last 9 months. Her transformation also reshaped her business goals.