5 Lessons for Insurance Brand Decision-Makers Since its inception just a few years ago, social networking has provided both hype and hope for businesspeople. Social networking practitioners in the insurance industry have demonstrated over the past year how to deliver …
Dog bite claims cost the insurance industry $412 million in 2009, an increase of 6.4 percent from 2008. Dog bites account for more than one-third of all homeowners insurance liability claims paid out in 2009, says the Insurance Information Institute …
Risks to Consider When Working With Contractors If you are running an agency, there is a pretty good chance you insure a contractor or two – whether they are your traditional artisan contractors or a class of contractors that falls …
Results Based on Premium Growth June 30, 2010, Versus June 30, 2009 Approximately one year ago, I discussed the premium growth reported by insurers with the top 25 gains in workers’ compensation insurance premium volume. As I wrote that article, …
How to Develop the Complete Program for High Income, High Profile Clients Designing an insurance program for the high income, high profile client will start with the process of an analysis of all of the known risk pertaining to the …
Serving High Income Clientele For insurance agents, there is a lesson to be learned from Hulk Hogan – particularly about the pitfalls of selling coverage to wealthy clients. The well-known, ex-professional wrestler turned reality TV star is suing his insurance …
California’s Sixth District Court of Appeal has affirmed the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decision in Milpitas Unified School District v. WCAB and Joyce Guzman, allowing physicians to apply any part of the American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of …
Last month, InsuranceJournal.com published a New York Times report that a Major League Baseball investigation into leaked financial documents had become focused on insurance companies that do business with clubs. The Times reported that the companies under investigation sell liability …
A proposed workers’ compensation overhaul agreed to by business and labor is going to Montana’s full Legislature, despite stiff opposition from trial lawyers and doctors. A legislative committee tasked with fixing an expensive system unanimously approved the plan, sending it …
Workers’ Comp Insurer Loses Battle to Keep Records Private Colorado’s Division of Insurance announced it has reached a settlement agreement with Pinnacol Assurance concerning filing issues raised earlier this year. Meanwhile, the quasi-governmental workers’ compensation insurer has lost the battle …
