If Hurricane Katrina -- not to mention the eight other hurricanes that hit Florida and other parts of the country in 2004 and 2005 -- showed America just how vulnerable and ill-prepared it was, it
Fall is here and winter is approaching. Soon Thanksgiving will arrive, and you know what that means: Schoolchildren will be having turkey-coloring contests, local organizations will be fundraising with turkey shoots and houses will burn to the ground
Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has announced the arrest of a former insurance agent for allegedly pocketing $90,000 in premiums that left homeowners in Pasco, Hernando, and Hillsborough counties
"Put him to bed and let him cry himself to sleep." Those were the ominous words my mother heard from the doctor after realizing she had created an expectation monster with yours truly. It started innocently enough. When she brought me home from the
The Professional Insurance Agents of Florida has named its new officers for the upcoming coming year. PIA CEO Mark O'Connell said the new team will help the association continue its efforts to keep
Based on Ernst & Young's experience in dealing with actuarial departments for major life insurance companies, it was not a huge surprise the professional services organization found significant data q
Rory Read knew he was in for a challenge when he joined Columbia Insurance Group five years ago. Top executives acknowledged the midsize regional carrier was in "extreme catch-up mode" and needed to m
I was recently hired by an agent who had just acquired another agency. The buyer was upset. He said the seller had misrepresented the agency's revenues, liabilities, company relations and growth, among other things. He also said the seller claimed
In the film The Godfather Part III, the character of Michael Corleone laments, "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in." Some CIOs might be saying the same thing about their legacy system
Every September, the editors at Claims pore over a ream of survey responses in an attempt to better understand the working conditions and salaries of the claim professionals for whom we write, and