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
Dave Dasgupta, a spokesman for Jersey City, N.J.-based Insurance Services Office, said Property Claim Services, a subsidiary of ISO, has declared the storm events from March 11-13 in the four-state re
FROM 2001 through 2003, the excess and surplus lines marketplace enjoyed a remarkable run. As standard insurers curbed their underwriting in the hard market, direct written premiums in the E&S segment increased by 35.66% in 2001, by 61.67% in 2002
FROM 2001 through 2003, the excess and surplus lines marketplace enjoyed a remarkable run. As standard insurers curbed their underwriting in the hard market, direct written premiums in the E&S segment increased by 35.66% in 2001, by 61.67% in 2002
Buried deep in silos, like long-range weapons that are relics from the Cold War, the information insurers have been storing for decades is surfacing. But now carriers have discovered the best way to m
Setser Insurance has, for more than 30 years, specialized in serving employee benefits needs of clients throughout the Ozark region. Bill Setser, president of Setser Insurance and his staff of eight,
In the insurance world, it almost goes without saying. Despite all our actuarial and analytical skills, things never quite go the way we might expect or would like to see. The forces of nature
"It does seem that if there is going to be a valuation manual, that there may need to be consideration over how to deal with life-like health lines, long term care and [disability insurance] in
Since January 2003, lawmakers or insurance regulators in 31 states have questioned insurers' use of loss history databases. During the same period, at least 14 states and the District of Columbia