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Angels of the Industry Argonaut, Alaskas National

Far from being uncaring, the insurance industry contributes millions of dollars every year to charitable causes. Following are just a few of the ‘angels’ of our industry-those who took the time and energy to give something back to their community. …

Artisan Contractor Class Stays Strong – Despite Construction Defect Litigation, Hardening Market and

The building boom across much of the country resulting from nearly 10 years of economic expansion has also resulted in a business boom for artisan contractors. As individuals in some of the country’s hottest markets can attest, construction projects are …

Artisan Contractor

Class Strong Despite construction Defect Litigation, Hardening Market and Slowing economy The building boom across much of the country resulting from nearly 10 years of economic expansion has also resulted in a business boon for artisan contractors. As individuals in …

Glamour & Risk: Insuring HollywoodProduction Companies

For many film lovers, the holiday season is synonymous with the release of Hollywood’s latest screen confections. As production companies scramble to satiate the consumer appetite for thrilling visual effects and stunts, insurers who underwrite these risks are presented with …

Age Discrimination

The 1990s were a time of turbulence for businesses as employers faced corporate restructuring, seasonal layoffs and reductions in force. The changing workplace relationships brought about both an increase in age discrimination cases and an increase in the need for …

Today’s AGING Workforce is Ripe with Potential for Age Discrimination Claims

The 1990s were a time of turbulence for businesses as employers faced corporate restructuring, seasonal layoffs and reductions in force (RIF). The changing workplace relationships brought about both an increase in age discrimination cases and an increase in the need …

Commercial Auto Rates Up; Sector Ripe for Rapid Change

Someone up above has been listening. How else can one explain the hardening market that has been the subject of thousands of prayers. Both agents and E&S vendors, then, should be doubly excited about the commercial auto market, which is …

Scene: A sidewalk cafe in Monte Carlo

François: Well, we’ve finally turned the corner this year. Premium rates are on the upswing—about time too, we couldn’t survive another 1999. Mike: C’mon François, you said the same thing last year and the year before that. Of course you …

The Pioneering Women of TEXAS: How a generation of insurance women was born

On June 2, 1944 at 9:30 a.m. in the roof garden of the Hotel Adolphus in Dallas, the first meeting of the Insurance Women of Texas was opened by call to order by Mrs. Ruth A. Fredde, president of the …

After the Gold Rush: Insurance Dot-Coms Shift increasingly Toward the Agent

In the “stake-your-claim” environment of Internet insurance, any attempt to define trends and categorize business models can be an exercise in frustration. However, in some ways the dot-com gold rush is slowing down and certain nuggets of truth are emerging …

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