When I tell colleagues my market niche is affordable housing, I often get raised eyebrows. When you say affordable housing, many people envision run-down public housing and neighborhoods they wouldn't want to live
Markel announces program for child-welfare organizationsMarkel Insurance Co., along with program administrator Child Welfare Insurance Services, introduced Child Welfare Insurance, a program that covers child welfare organizations for group homes
The Agents Council for Technology, a part of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA), has issued a report identifying significant technology and consumer trends and how they
Thinking of hanging it up? Is your company a candidate for a purchase offer or takeover? Some pre-game warm-up strategies can help establish a home-field advantage on what is often bumpy terrain.
Few agents get to merge their favorite pastimes with their insurance practices. I'm happy to say I'm one of them. I love to play golf and am a big fan of the game. So I couldn't be more pleased that 20% of our
(The following article was derived from Ms. Bates' presentation at the 2006 ASCNet "TENcon" annual meeting, which was held in September in Dallas.) Your agency's mission should be to become not only a profitable but
Former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer (now the state's governor) probably has few friends among independent agents and brokers. His investigations of the insurance industry, starting back in October 2004, have led several insurance companies
An agency recently purchased another for far more than it was worth. My attempt to talk the buyer out of paying so much failed. The "logic" expressed was: "By combining operations, I can eliminate two CSRs, 100% of the seller's rent and other
Thomas E. Hampton, D.C commissioner of Insurance, Securities and Banking, predicted in a statement: "The establishment of a regulatory scheme for securitizing insurance risks in a captive and the amen
Mr. Supple noted that Mr. Lott still has the option to settle his suit as part of an agreement with his lawyers, the Scruggs law firm in Gulfport, Miss., to settle a class-action lawsuit involving 640