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Technology – cell phones and texting technologies to be precise – gets a bad rap when it comes to safety while driving. Of course, it’s not the technology that’s unsafe – it’s people. Thus a number of states and the …

Steven D. Johnson has been named CEO of the Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet). Johnson has held staff leadership roles in five associations over the last 26 years. Most recently, he was executive director of the National Association of Quick …

Technology — cell phones and texting technologies to be precise — gets a bad rap when it comes to safety while driving. Of course, it’s not the technology that’s unsafe-it’s people. Thus a number of states and the federal government …

On its Web site, disastersafety.org, the IBHS suggests the following questions may help in analyzing a business’s disaster preparedness level. Are you concerned that your normal business operations might be interrupted by a natural or human-caused disaster? Have you determined …

A recent spate of motorcycle accidents have prompted renewed calls for an Iowa helmet law. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reported Iowa, Illinois and New Hampshire are the only states without helmet laws, even to protect their youngest residents. …

Arthur J. Gallagher, Joseph James & Associates Illinois-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired Joseph James & Associates of Dublin, Ohio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1989, Joseph …

The year 2010 might be considered revolutionary, as it is ushering in more changes for those who provide insurance for truckers than the industry has seen in a decade. Motor carriers, defined as anyone who uses a vehicle that has …

The year 2010 might be considered revolutionary, as it is ushering in more changes for those who provide insurance for truckers than the industry has seen in a decade. Motor carriers, defined as anyone who uses a vehicle that has …

Rising Taxes, Inflation Will Force Insurance Market to a ‘Déjà vu All Over Again’ The insurance industry has a long history for cyclical price adjusting, featuring long periods of marginal to inadequate premiums followed by relatively brief, startling and disruptive …

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