November 14, 2010
The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) said that its political action committee, InsurPac, distributed more than $1.7 million in the 2010 campaign cycle resulting in a 93 percent congressional victory rate. In the …
November 14, 2010
Authorities say a central New York convenience store’s surveillance cameras caught a man purposely pouring soda on the floor and then faking a fall so he could file an insurance claim against the business. State Insurance Department officials said that …
November 14, 2010
If enforcement actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance this year in response to late filing of surplus lines insurance policies with the stamping office were meant to capture the attention of managing general agents doing business in the …
November 14, 2010
With the first of 77 million baby boomers nearing retirement age in 2011, assisted living facilities and nursing home facilities will play a more important role than ever before. About three million Americans will require long term and post-acute care …
November 14, 2010
5 Years in prison to be served by Neil M. Cohen, former chairman of the New Jersey Assembly’s insurance committee, for distributing child pornography. Cohen pleaded guilty in April to charges that he looked at child pornography on a computer …
November 14, 2010
Republican Mark Darr, an insurance agent, will be Arkansas’ next lieutenant governor, having beaten Democrat Shane Broadway on Nov. 2. Darr, from Rogers, clinched the victory in a close race in his first attempt at elected office. He is an …
November 14, 2010
What to Know About Green Commercial Building Insurance Read the news lately and it feels like everything – from cars to grocery bags – has gone green. While recent events, such as 2009’s Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, have focused increased …
November 14, 2010
New York regulators have finalized guidelines for how agents and brokers are to reveal to clients their commissions, but at least one trade group says any changes to the rules thus far have been “underwhelming.” The department released a new …
November 14, 2010
Texas State Rep. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, in late October filed a mandamus petition in the 1st Court of Appeals in Houston seeking relief from a temporary stay of his request for information concerning a $189 million settlement between the Texas …
November 14, 2010
It’s a long way from Main Street America to Capitol Hill, a distance most small business owners prefer not to travel. But greater numbers of business owners than ever before will be packing up and moving to Washington, D.C., next …