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Overall Best Agency to Work For: BKS Partners Inc.

Best Agency to Work For – Overall BKS Partners Inc., Tampa, Florida Intentional Culture, Intentional Passion When Laura Sherman, Lowry Baldwin and Elizabeth Krystyn set out to open Tampa-based BKS Partners Inc. in 2006 it was as if three professional …

Top 100 Independent Property/Casualty Agencies

About This Report: Welcome to the 12th annual Insurance Journal Top 100 Independent Property/Casualty Agencies report. The Top 100 list is ranked by total property/casualty agency revenue for 2015 and comprises only those agencies whose business is primarily retail, not …

The Rebound Continues as Contractors & Builders Expect to Grow Again in 2016

The Rebound Continues as Contractors & Builders Expect to Grow Again in 2016 Builders and contractors can expect another year of steady growth in 2016 and so can the insurance specialists that serve this rebounding market. The construction industry across …

Labor Department’s 6-Part Test for Classifying Employees, Independent Contractors

The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a blog post with new guidance on classifying workers as employees or independent contractors under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA), an issue that has attracted renewed attention in the on-demand economy. …

Best Agency to Work For – Overall

Team Environment Built On Solid Partnership McGriff-Williams Insurance – Gainesville, Florida Teamwork. Respect. Opportunity. Commitment. Those are a few of the words used to describe the atmosphere in the nation’s overall Best Agency to Work For – McGriff-Williams Insurance based …

Best Agency to Work For – Midwest

Changing the Game by Doing the Right Thing HNI Risk Services – New Berlin, Wisconsin A high regard for ethics and respect for customer and employee needs are just some of the reasons staff members at HNI Risk Services in …

Top 10 HOT Markets to Watch

Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes and expansions in the past year. Here are the top 10 market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry in 2014. Private Flood Insurance Private …

IICF, Sesame Workshop Team Up for Literacy

Imagine not being able to read this article, or the directions on a medicine bottle, or the menu at a restaurant. For 32 million Americans, being unable to read is a daily reality, according to the U.S. Department of Education. …

Declarations

Allstate Exits Banking “Allstate Financial has refocused on insurance, retirement and investment products. That, combined with the changing regulatory environment, led us to the determination that operating Allstate Bank is no longer core to our long-term strategy.” —Matthew Winter, president …

BRIDGE COLLAPSE

CREDIT SCORING Where issue stands SURVEY REPORTS Numbers of new lawsuits decline

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