Several carriers say agency use of real-time rating and policy inquiry transactions doubled in 2007, a year after a coalition of insurance industry groups launched a campaign to improve the

Advocates of continuing state regulation for the insurance industry have a strong ally in one of Maine's U.S. senators, who told an agent group here she opposes an optional federal charter for

While carriers are working hard to improve their "ease of doing business" with the introduction of new, "real time" technology and functionality, experts say agents and brokers need not wait for

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