The legislation, Senate Bill 1980, offers $250 million in loans to insurance companies to help them continue to write coverage and to take policies from Citizens Insurance, the state's insurer of last
The value of an insurance agency can be as mythical and mysterious as sightings of the Loch Ness Monster. When you dig into assumptions behind the numbers, the reasoning can be very murky and
The National Insurance Crime Bureau reported the good news and bad news about auto theft today, saying crimes impacting the industry was declining in the East even as it increased in the West, where M
Insurance industry representatives eying the Florida Legislature's work at the end of the 2006 session praised lawmakers for allowing more competition in insurers' rates and hoped it is the shape of t
The GAO report--"Title Insurance: Preliminary Views and Issues for Further Study"--was released through Rep. Mike Oxley, R-Ohio, chair of the House Financial Services Committee, who had requested the
MOST agency owners agree that now is a great time to be in business. That's not to say that running an agency is easy, but the results have never been better. Agency revenues, including contingencies, are at an all-time high, as are profits. The
OVER THE last decade, Vanner Insurance Agency has grown steadily as a result of specialization. The agency's principals--Ralph Vanner Sr., Ralph Vanner Jr., Thomas Vanner, Bradley Hall and William Quinn--sell perhaps 75% of the agency's
This article was adopted from Mr. Nohre's presentation at the American Association of Managing General Agents' University Weekend, which was held in August in Scottsdale, Ariz.) AS MGAs get larger, they need comprehensive compensation plans. The goal