Articles by Stephanie K. Jones

Best Agency to Work For – South Central

PAMPA, TEXAS DFB Insurance Group Best Agency to Work For – South Central DFB Insurance Group: Making Money, Valuing Family, Having Fun With roots stretching back to 1925, DFB Insurance Group now is one of the largest independent insurance agencies …

Louisiana Supreme Court: Grocer not 100% Liable for Slip, Fall

In a decision handed down in mid-October, the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed an appeals court decision assigning 100 percent liability to a grocery store in a customer slip and fall case. Louisiana’s Third Circuit Appeals Court in Thompson v. Winn-Dixie …

Powers Insurance & Benefits: Growth, Profitability, Perpetuation

Best Agency to Work For – Midwest CLAYTON, MISSOURI Powers Insurance & Benefits Employees at Powers Insurance & Benefits in Clayton, Mo., are enthused about the agency’s family atmosphere, its team spirit and its vision for growth, profitability and perpetuation, …

Rich & Cartmill Inc.: A Package Deal

TULSA, OKLAHOMA Rich & Cartmill Inc. Best Agency to Work For – South Central Rich & Cartmill Inc.: A Package Deal One theme that emerged from employee comments about the Tulsa, Okla.-based agency, Rich & Cartmill Inc., in Insurance Journal’s …

Best Agency to Work For – South Central

CARROLLTON, TEXAS Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Best Agency to Work For – South Central Customer-Centric, Employee-Focused, Community-Oriented Customer service, customer service, customer service. Employees repeated those words over and over again in their comments about Hotchkiss Insurance Agency, Insurance Journal’s 2015 …

Best Agency to Work For – Midwest

GREENFIELD, WISCONSIN The Starr Group Best Agency to Work For – Midwest The Starr Group: A Healthy, Ethical Workplace Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Best Agency to Work For, Gold Winner – Midwest Region – The Starr Group in Greenfield, Wis. – …

Retailers Most Vulnerable to Cyber Breaches at Point-of-Sale

In justifying a reluctance to purchase cyber insurance coverage for data breaches, many retailers insist they don’t store credit card information after a sale. But experts say the headline-generating data breaches at retailers across the country in the past few …

NAS’ Palotay: Point-of-Sale, not Stored Data, Riskiest for Retailers

In justifying a reluctance to purchase cyber insurance coverage for data breaches, many retailers insist they don’t store credit card information after a sale. But experts say the headline-generating data breaches at retailers across the country in the past few …

Illinois High Court: Village Must Pay for Disabled Cop’s Health Insurance

In an opinion filed on Sept. 24, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the decisions of two lower courts that an Illinois municipality must pay health insurance premiums for a policeman and his family after the police officer was “catastrophically injured” …

Louisiana P/C Commission: Worker’s Comp Market ‘Remains Competitive’

In its annual report to the Legislature for 2014-2015, the Louisiana Property & Casualty Insurance Commission noted that the workers’ compensation market in the state “remains competitive.” There were 246 insurance companies providing workers’ compensation insurance in Louisiana in 2014, …