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Another earthquake that shook the northern section of Japan rattled the stocks of insurance and reinsurance companies on Thursday.

The Illinois House is considering a plan to scrap the state's much-criticized workers' compensation system, leaving businesses and their employees to battle in court over payment for each workplace injury.

The Illinois House is considering a plan to scrap the state's much-criticized workers' compensation system, leaving businesses and their employees to battle in court over payment for each workplace injury.

Some agents have introduced mobile apps, but so far we haven’t seen a great amount of usage. The fact [the mobile apps] don’t have a lot of functionality yet may be a part of that.

Special relationships or circumstances may broaden an agent or brokers’ duty to advise. In this second article in a two-part package about agent/broker professional liability, Attorney Peter Biging examines recent relevant recent court rulings examining such circumstances.

As part of an ongoing effort to streamline the insurance standards development process, ACORD announced a redesign of its ACORD standards committee. ACORD's committees are made up of members who guide the standards development process as well as resolve issues, establish subgroups, and work to support implementation initiatives.