In the dynamic world of insurance, producers — commonly known as agents or brokers — stand at the intersection of client needs and the array of insurance products available. They not only drive sales but also shape the face and …
The transportation market is experiencing lower freight rates and excess capacity as fewer loads are shipped with demand for goods down from its pandemic-era peak. The trucking sector in particular is encountering challenges, including ongoing driver shortages, the high price …
When Chip and Ted Gibson got the keys to Deland, Gibson Insurance Associates in 2020, the brothers took over what Chip described as “a great shop.” Three generations of their family members had guided the independent agency since its doors …
The California Trucking Association (CTA) has asked a federal judge to stop a state rule that would require truckers to switch to zero-emissions vehicles by 2042, calling it “a vast overreach” that threatens the survival of industry. The trucking group …
Rusty Reid joined Higginbotham as the independent insurance agency’s twelfth employee in 1986. Today, about 2,800 of the company’s employees serve thousands of customers at more than 100 offices across 16 states. Those same employees recently propelled the Fort Worth-based …
Acuity and Progressive Specialty Insurance Co. disputed who should pay after a 16-year-old boy borrowed a friend’s car and crashed it into a utility pole in Streetsboro, Ohio. The driver was insured by Acuity through a policy issued to his …
Sherri Gjermo, CEO of Greater Insurance Service Inc., is the second generation of leadership in the family business. And the third generation is already waiting in the wings. Founded in 1974, the Madison, Wisconsin-based agency was built on a philosophy …
A milling company has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges that employees at a Wisconsin corn plant falsified records in the years leading up to a fatal corn dust explosion. The plea deal calls for Didion Milling Inc. to …
Hardly a day passes without reports of another shattered climate record. As Earth’s climate changes, heat waves, floods, droughts, wildfires, and hurricanes are all becoming more frequent and more intense, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). And …
Matching requirements for roofs and interior furnishings have been a tough issue in the property insurance industry for years. Recent developments show how insurers and regulators in different Southeast states are managing the mandates. In Kentucky, the state Department of …
