September 8, 2020
One claim dispute I was involved with I refer to in seminars as “The Unimpeachable Case of What ‘Are’ Is.” It illustrates how a single word, even the tense of a verb, in a policy form can make all the …
March 24, 2020
On March 16, a lawsuit was filed in district court in New Orleans seeking a declaratory judgment about whether the business income coverage in a Lloyd’s property policy would cover a government-mandated shutdown or curtailment of a restaurant due to …
January 8, 2019
Welcome to the new year. I hope that it is full of possibility for you and yours. If you’re a regular reader (and why wouldn’t you be?!?), you may notice that this is going out early this week. I had …
October 24, 2018
I love books. I don’t read as much as I ought (mostly because of Amazon video, but that’s not important). I don’t always read books that directly impact my work here. I won’t always report on the books I’m reading …
April 22, 2016
The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) has awarded Bill Wilson with the Jeff Yates Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honor the association bestows on a non-agent, for a lifetime of work in the independent agency system. …
February 23, 2016
The insurance industry had a lot to say about what Google did wrong a day after the search engine giant said it would be pulling the plug on its year-long Google Compare experiment selling auto insurance online. Many believe that …
November 17, 2015
The use of price optimization in insurance pricing is drawing increased attention and could be the next big industry battle. Or it could not be. Consumer groups and a growing contingent of states are labeling the practice as unfairly discriminatory …
May 18, 2015
Independent insurance agents are accustomed to competition but many are watching with heightened interest the entry of one new competitor in particular, Google Compare. Bill Wilson, director of the Virtual University at the Big “I” (Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers …