To an inexperienced agent, just learning the insurance industry’s ropes–and many acronyms–can be difficult; Forget about picking a niche or becoming an agency’s top seller too soon. Yet throughout the industry, there are many educational opportunities designed to do just …
American agriculture 15 years from now will be a vital, more profitable sector of the economy, successfully competing with foreign commodities, according to a new report released by the American Farm Bureau Federation. The report said tomorrow’s farmers and ranchers …
Does the world seem to be careening from one crisis to another, or is it all hype by news outlets? Unfortunately, it’s not hype; it’s reality. Not a day goes by without reports of terrorist threats and attacks somewhere around …
Happy New Year. As tradition has it, the start of the new year is a popular time to make resolutions to be better. And for 2006, the Insurance Journal staff has vowed to do just that. If you peer past …
Florida has survived eight hurricanes in 15 months, but more destruction is coming, according to risk modeling companies and economists speaking at the National Catastrophe In-surance Summit in Burlingame, Calif. It’s just a matter of time, said speakers, who forecast …
Insurance regulators, on the heels of the National Catastrophe Insurance Summit in Burlingame, Calif., in November, are peddling the framework for a national catastrophe insurance program they say would protect U.S. taxpayers. The details have not been ironed out, but …
The holiday season is a great time to eat, drink and be merry. But the last thing anyone wants is a visit from the Grinch. And an unfortunate side-effect of too much holiday reveling are accidents that can injure individuals …
Florida has survived eight hurricanes in 15 months, but more destruction is coming, according to risk modeling companies and economists who spoke at the National Catastrophe Insurance Summit in Burlingame, Calif. It’s just a matter of time, said the speakers, …
Florida has survived eight hurricanes in 15 months, but more destruction is coming, according to risk modeling companies and economists who spoke at the recent National Catastrophe Insurance Summit. It’s just a matter of time, said the speakers, who forecast …
Insurance regulators from California, Florida, Illinois and New York, on the heels of the National Catastrophe Insurance Summit held in November, are peddling the framework for a national catastrophe insurance program that they say would protect U.S. taxpayers. Although the …
