A bill aimed at lowering Louisiana’s sky-high auto insurance rates has passed the state House of Representatives. On April 23, House lawmakers passed HB 372, named the “Omnibus Premium Reduction Act of 2019, authored by Rep. Kirk Talbot. According to …
Missouri’s Davis Learns Alligator Lesson, Laments Agency Tech Dinosaurs Once, at the beginning of his career, Tim Davis was asked to find workers’ compensation insurance coverage for an alligator farm in Florida. It didn’t go well. Davis, who currently serves …
International Travel, Developing Strategies Among Her Favorite Things If she weren’t an insurance agent, Cassie Scism might be involved in strategic planning or work in a business development role. “I love developing strategies and finding new ways to help things …
Becoming the chief insurance regulator of a large and populous state with the second largest insurance market in the country was never in Kent Sullivan’s game plan. But when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked Sullivan to step up to the …
Note: The is the third article in a series resulting from a conversation with Texas Insurance Commissioner Kent Sullivan. The Texas agency responsible for regulating insurance business in the state has been on a mission to modernize, increase efficiency, strengthen …
Note: This is the second article in a three-part series resulting from a conversation with Texas Insurance Commissioner Kent Sullivan. Texas’ chief insurance regulator wants the insurance industry to clean up its language. And, no, he’s not talking about the …
Ameriprise Financial is selling its Ameriprise Auto & Home (AAH) division to a subsidiary of Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance Mutual Holding Co. (American Family Insurance), the companies announced. Ameriprise will receive gross proceeds of $1.05 billion in cash in …
Note: This is the first of a three-part series resulting from a conversation with Texas Insurance Commissioner Kent Sullivan. Becoming the chief insurance regulator of a large and populous state with the second largest insurance market in the country was …
Newsflash to insurance agency owners seeking to onboard new employees: Expect to have to pay more, offer more and train more. Those trying to hire probably know that already. “What we’re seeing in particular in Texas, and I imagine in …
If the NCAA’s Final Four basketball games were to be cancelled or postponed for any reason, that would be really, really bad news, not only for the collegiate sports association and fans but also for the panel of insurers that …
