All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 8 2010 // In February, California legislators considered a proposal that would have mandated a 3 percent withholding of fees paid to independent contractors. But the proposal has since been placed on hold, much to the delight of...
Mar 8 2010 // Here’s why working with a public adjuster can be good for an independent insurance agency and for its customers:1. After a disaster, insureds have hundreds or even thousands of questions and worries. In a large-scale...
Mar 8 2010 // It seems like every day we hear about the Internet and how some sort of new online social networking site or service will revolutionize the way people communicate, collaborate, or do business. With all this hype one has to...
Mar 8 2010 // The Arizona Senate is considering reducing or eliminating the need for some risky drivers to maintain their automobile driving insurance filing.An amendment to Senate Bill 1030 would reduce or eliminate the need for...
Mar 7 2010 // Just when producers thought it was safe, mandatory compensation disclosure has reared its ugly head again.In a move that has its origins in the Spitzer days, New York regulators are mandating that insurance agents and...
Mar 7 2010 // In business, change brings opportunity. And when it comes to the wave of states that have recently legalized gay marriage, some see a marketing opportunity in selling insurance products for same-sex couples.And why not?...
Mar 7 2010 // There’s no better time for insurance agents and brokers to delve into social networking technologies than now, according to those who study marketing and technology trends. More than four in five U.S. online adults...
Mar 7 2010 // I’m not sure what to do.”One of the primary reasons why insurance agents don’t jump into the world of social media — such as blogging, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and the myriad other...
Mar 7 2010 // The Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on companies that try to trim payroll costs by illegally classifying workers as independent contractors, rather than as full employees, the Associated Press has...
Mar 7 2010 // Interview with FSLA President Bruce BowersHurricane Andrew, for all of the grief it delivered, gave wholesale broker Hull & Co. and Bruce Bowers a big opportunity. “Prior to ’92, there wasn’t much of...
Mar 7 2010 // New York regulators are pursuing a reincarnation of the New York Insurance Exchange, a Lloyd’s of London-style insurance market, which lasted for several years the last time it was tried.Insurance Superintendent...
Mar 7 2010 // The founder and retired chairman and CEO of the world’s largest insurance broker, Aon, has revealed the management team and a second subsidiary for his new global specialty insurance operation whose first company was...
Mar 7 2010 // I’m not sure what to do.”One of the primary reasons why insurance agents don’t jump into the world of social media — such as blogging, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and the myriad other...
Mar 7 2010 // Recent headlines underscore the importance of agents having written security plans to protect the privacy of their clients’ personal information. In the first case, the Virginia Bureau of Insurance fined an agent...
Mar 7 2010 // The Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on companies that try to trim payroll costs by illegally classifying workers as independent contractors, rather than as full employees, The Associated Press has...
Mar 7 2010 // There’s no better time for insurance agents and brokers to delve into social networking technologies than now, according to those who study marketing and technology trends. More than four in five U.S. online adults...
Mar 7 2010 // Virtually every insurance marketing expert proclaims that to sell policies to each new generation, you must approach them differently than their predecessors. And of course, they’re right. Unfortunately, too few...
Mar 7 2010 // In my view, along with a good banker, lawyer, accountant and doctor, the next trusted person for business and personal matters that one should have a long term relationship with is an insurance agent. As a business grows...
Mar 7 2010 // We are all familiar with the old saying “The only thing certain are death and taxes.” From where we stand right now in 2010 it is clear that we will be taxed, however, at what rate? There hasn’t been a...
Mar 7 2010 // The nation’s largest insurance brokers have received the go-ahead to begin accepting contingent commissions again – but two of them say they won’t do it.Officials in New York, Illinois and Connecticut...