Volunteers-without them, most nonprofit organizations would not exist. They are the common soil in which most mainstream nonprofits are planted, providing services in countless different areas. Yet although property/casualty coverages are fairly easy to find in today’s soft market, volunteers …
A $7.1 billion bailout for American farmers hurt by depressed crop prices was approved Thursday by Congress. If approved by President Clinton, as is expected, the bill would make federal crop insurance cheaper and easier for farmers to buy. The …
A typically charismatic speech by President Bill Clinton was the highlight of an already stellar 24th Annual National Legislative Conference for the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA). The President appeared at the Grand Hyatt Washington on May 2 to …
Trolling for new business leads has been the bane of insurance agents for decades. Electronic data mining has eased the pain, but there are many gray areas as the call for consumer privacy grows louder. It was a bet with …
President Bill Clinton told independent insurance agents from around the nation that a tax credit for long-term care, Medicare prescription drug coverage and improvements in health care that will result in Americans living longer, will all have an affect on …
The bill, proposed initially by President Clinton, would extend curbs on the ability of financial institutions to share and sell customer information. The proposal ties directly to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of last year, which required financial institutions to disclose their …
President Bill Clinton told independent insurance agents from around the nation that a tax credit for long-term care, Medicare prescription drug coverage and improvements in health care that will result in Americans living longer, will all have an affect on …
The American Insurance Association has taken a stance against President Clinton’s recent privacy proposal, calling it “decidedly premature.” “The administration is proposing this ‘plan’ without the facts needed to make informed decisions. Under the law enacted last year, his own …
President Clinton over the weekend proposed new privacy legislation allowing consumers to stop financial companies from sharing information about them. Clinton made the comments during a commencement address at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, saying that privacy protections were needed …
The results are in for the property/casualty industry’s fourth quarter and year end, and they don’t look any better than 1998. In fact, with the exception of a small acceleration of premium growth, 1999 was worse than 1998 in nearly …
