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10 Basic Tenets for Successful Family Owned Agencies

The presence of family run businesses continues to play a major role in the U.S. economy. From rural mom and popyshops to international conglomerates, family businesses are at the foundation of our economy. Ford Motor Company, Walmart, Berkshire Hathaway, and …

Work Hard, Play Hard

Mackoul Risk Associates with offices in both Morristown, New Jersey, and Long Beach, New York, lives and breathes the motto, “work hard and play hard.” As one employee wrote when nominating the agency for this year’s annual Best Agencies to …

Should the Insurance Industry Care About SEO?

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can feel like a moving target and is often misunderstood throughout the insurance industry. Many businesses do not fully understand the importance of SEO or how it works, which leads to an underestimation of its value. …

What’s a Person Got to Do to Get a Drink in South Carolina? Bars, Eateries Closing for Lack of Affordable Liability Coverage

Wanted in South Carolina: $1 million in liquor liability coverage at an affordable premium to prevent closure of establishment. That’s the type of advertisement one can imagine bars and bistros across the Palmetto State running this fall as the full …

NCG: Caring for Employees and Clients Alike

The National Church Group Insurance Agency’s mission is to protect its clients’ missions. For nearly four decades, the Leesburg, Viginia-based organization has secured commercial property and casualty insurance for churches, nonprofits, camps and schools. Greg Wigfield, the agency’s president and …

Connecticut Adds Cancer Presumption to Firefighters’ Workers’ Compensation

A new Connecticut law making it easier for firefighters who develop cancer to receive workers’ compensation benefits will go into effect on October 1, 2023. Approved as part of the state budget bill, the law creates a presumption during the …

Employer Hosting Golf Outing Not Liable for Drunk Driver, Pennsylvania High Court Says

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to extend the state’s liquor liability law to social hosts. The high court cited a half-century of precedent in upholding lower courts in a case where an employer hosting a golf outing for employees …

New York Ups Workers’ Compensation Benefits; Targets Wage Theft

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed three bills into law that affect workers, including one raising the minimum disability benefit under workers’ compensation, over three years. The workers’ comp legislation increases the minimum benefits for low-wage workers who are …

Information Security Issue Stalls Federal Probe of Fatal Pennsylvania Candy Factory Blast

After months of discussion, federal safety officials and the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission (PUC) remain at odds over release of documents that the National Transportation Safety Board says it needs for a building explosion investigation but PUC says it cannot …

Louisiana Department of Insurance Opens Second Round of Incentive Program

The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) has opened the second round of the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program, which is designed to offer grants to insurers that write new policies in the state. The application period began Sept. 1 and goes …

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