August 3, 2015
In early July, FedEx lost a round in employment practices litigation over whether or not its drivers are employees of the company under Kansas labor statutes. On July 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit agreed with …
August 3, 2015
By his own admission Progressive Insurance CEO Glenn Renwick (and his company) may not be right about the impact certain macro trends will have on the insurance industry, but in his view “it’s important to have some views.” Addressing an …
July 17, 2015
FedEx has lost a round in employment practices litigation over whether or not its drivers are employees of the company under Kansas labor statutes. On July 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit agreed with the findings …
July 6, 2015
A Chicago-area community college and a global insurance company are creating what they believe is the first-of-its-kind insurance apprenticeship program in the United States and one they hope will become an industry standard for attracting new talent. Zurich North America …
June 29, 2015
A Texas appeals court has ruled that an insurer can’t recoup premium taxes reluctantly paid on reinsurance agreements with two public employee self-insured risk pools on the grounds that the risk pools aren’t insurers. In a case appealed from a …
June 26, 2015
A study of social media posts of millennials — those aged 20 to 35 — found that when this group shares financial concerns online their anxiety decreases significantly even when a purchase or transaction is a completely new experience. To …
June 18, 2015
A global insurance company is teaming up with a Chicago-area community college to create what they believe is the first-of-its-kind insurance apprenticeship program in the United States and one they hope will become an industry standard in this country for …
June 16, 2015
A new study shows that insurance agencies that use technology in sales and marketing, managing customer relationships and other sales processes sell up to 43 percent more policies per producer than agencies that rely less heavily on technology. And the …
June 15, 2015
Differences of opinion on the never-ending problem of what to do about property insurance along the coast had lawmakers from coastal areas pitted against inland representatives in the waning days of the Texas legislative session. Sides were drawn in a …
June 15, 2015
In the last days of the Texas legislative session an insurance industry-backed measure that proponents said would help rein in litigation related to property insurance claims died in the House of Representatives. Passed by the Senate on April 30, Senate …