Columns
This issue features a celebratory look on our 80 years of covering independent agents and brokers....
Agency health creates the climate for M&A. Hard economies and soft markets notwithstanding, agencies can boost their financial performances by optimizing their internal performances....
Read about Peterson v. Big Bend Insurance Agency Inc. The agent who makes a promise must fulfill it....
Chris Amrhein answers a 1929 question on policy issues, about use and occupancy....
Chris Burand shows how to discern between good and bad statistics....
Google is now an integrated part of modern culture, replacing the family dictionary, the encyclopedia and phone book....
Learn the questions to ask to overcome an incumbent sale....
Departments
Vehicle maintenance, home remodeling, food stores, specialty schools, dentists, CPAs and personal care services are growing....
A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit identifies 10 steps to address weaknesses in risk management....
Travelers replaces Citicorp....
60 percent of executives believe they have the right to know how employees portray themselves and their companies on social networks....
There are twice as many wedding insurance claims as 2 years ago....
MarketScout's CEO said three unnamed insurers are keeping rates low at a time when business realities call for market hardening....
The Last Word addresses the terrorism risk insurance program....