Commentary

How close are you to your co-workers? Ryan Hanley details how to counsel clients, and offers advice for young agents.

CPAs, doctors, lawyers and architects do it. Maybe it's time for independent insurance agents to hold themselves to higher, more codified professional standards and accountability.

Nearly 150 people died 100 years ago during a fire at a garment factory in New York City. From their deaths was born workers’ compensation insurance and safety reforms still used by property insurers today.

Developing staff is arguably one of the greatest challenges to effectively managing a claims organization. So what steps can managers take to effectively improve their organization?

Among the more controversial topics that we cover is global warming and its impact upon the insurance industry. Opinions aside, are producers missing an opportunity to grow their business by turning green into green?

I’m sure the phones were ringing in the offices of insurance carriers based in Illinois when the announcement came last week that secretary of the treasury Timothy Geithner had selected Michael McRaith to be the first director of the Federal Insurance Office.