Neenah, Wis.-based Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co. announced a management restructuring effective June 1. The changes mostly shuffled the deck of personnel already within the company, with the only outside search for a chief financial officer still ongoing, according to CEO …
Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill was attributed with the comment that “all politics are local.” The same could be said for the insurance industry—insurance coverage is definitely local. In addition, there continues to be a shift of business …
As the nation’s population ages, states are looking for ways to weed out people who shouldn’t drive. Half the states have passed some form of elderly driver restrictions, usually laws that require older motorists to renew licenses more often and …
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has issued a cease and desist order to the National Employers Network, LLC, for operating without a license, putting its policyholders in serious financial peril. The firm, doing business as ePEOLink, offered and provided medical, …
As an industry, insurance has been sold to protect people from all kinds of loss. Most of that coverage is around insuring property against loss due to a variety of risks including theft. But in today’s day and age, a …
Insurance Journal asked me to spend 2,000 words on the Leavitt Group’s agency perpetuation philosophy. So, after rattling off some rather sterile company background, I’ll describe how we and our co-owners manage succession in our agencies, and how the Leavitt …
As the nation’s population ages, states are looking for ways to weed out people who shouldn’t drive. Half the states have passed some form of elderly driver restrictions, usually laws that require older motorists to renew licenses more often and …
The discovery in December 2003 of the first known case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)—commonly known as mad cow disease—in the United States was a downer, both literally and figuratively. A United States Department of Agriculture veterinarian maintains the animal—discovered …
Two recently released studies on trends in automobile insurance rates show a wide variation in the cost for coverage across the nation. At first glance, they also seem to show a big discrepancy in their findings. It turns out, however, …
The Rhode Island Senate on a 25-7 vote passed legislation that would ban smoking in nearly every public place in Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Workers’ Safety Act of 2004 (2004 – S2029A), sponsored by Sen. V. Susan Sosnowski (D-Dist. …
