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#1 New Jersey’s US Senator Menendez Convicted of Bribery, Foreign-Agent Charges

Jul 16 2024 // US Senator Bob Menendez, the once-powerful New Jersey Democrat, was found guilty of bribery, extortion and acting as a foreign agent of Egypt after a corruption trial focused on 13 gold bars, nearly $500,000 in cash and a...

#2 How California’s Homeowners Insurance Crisis Is Affecting Brokers

Jul 23 2024 // A growing homeowners insurance crisis for Californians is straining brokers who must work harder to get increasingly expensive and more frequently unavailable coverage for their clients, a crisis many of them blame on...

#3 Musk, Ramaswamy Will Lean on Supreme Court Rulings to Cut US Agencies

Nov 21 2024 // Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy said the government efficiency panel that President-elect Donald Trump has named them to lead will follow recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that they say can be used to take power away from...

#4 US Intelligence Agencies’ Embrace of Generative AI Is Wary and Urgent

May 28 2024 // Long before generative AI’s boom, a Silicon Valley firm contracted to collect and analyze non-classified data on illicit Chinese fentanyl trafficking made a compelling case for its embrace by U.S. intelligence...

#5 Insurance Broker Witness at Menendez Bribery Trial Faced Tough Cross-Examination

Jun 13 2024 // The prosecution’s prized turncoat witness at the bribery trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was politely combative Tuesday as defense lawyers tried to poke holes in his testimony and portray him as a habitual liar.Jose...

#6 Tomorrow’s Insurance Agent: Leveraging New Skill Sets Next Gens Bring to the Table

Mar 4 2024 // For the last decade and a half, business leaders have struggled to comprehend, motivate and manage the millennial generation. Recently, I read an online article where business owners discussed the “new”...

#7 Do Regulators, Insureds and Agents Understand How Reciprocal Carriers and Some New MGAs Work?

Jan 22 2024 // I recently read an article regarding how the U.S. Senate wants to investigate how well reserved Florida Citizens is because of their expressed concern that if a large hurricane destroys enough property insured by Florida...

#8 Beef Between Wholesale and Retail Agents Should Go to Trial, Court Finds

Jul 23 2024 // A federal judge has ruled that a wholesale insurance agent’s claim against a retail agent for allegedly misrepresenting the exposure of an insured regarding violations of the federal telemarketing law should proceed...

#9 Agents Charged in $250 Million Off-Shore Insurance Scheme

Dec 4 2024 // Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. announced the indictment of officers of Inter-Insurance Agency Services Ltd. and the firm for their roles in an eight-year scheme in which they allegedly provided more than $250...

#10 Menendez’s Wife Hid Truth About Insurance Broker and Mercedes Benz, Lawyer Says

Jul 12 2024 // US Senator Bob Menendez’s lawyer told jurors that the politician’s wife failed to tell him details of how she got a Mercedes Benz from a convicted felon who testified during the lawmaker’s corruption...

#11 The Future of Insurance Agencies

Mar 18 2024 // There is a traditional proclamation made following the accession of a new monarch in various countries that simultaneously announces the death of the previous monarch and asserts continuity by saluting the new monarch....

#12 Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty, Will Testify in Bribery Case Against Senator Menendez

Mar 5 2024 // A former New Jersey insurance agent has agreed to a deal with prosecutors under which he will testify in the federal corruption case against U.S. Senator Bob Menendez.In federal court in Manhattan last Friday, Jose Uribe...

#13 A New Approach: Florida Agents Association Makes Big Investment in Startup Insurer

Apr 4 2024 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents, the largest agent group in the state, has taken the unprecedented step of investing in a startup insurance carrier, a move designed to help keep agents in the game and bring...

#14 Carolina Agents, Insureds Stunned by Unprecedented Damage So Far Inland

Oct 1 2024 // Insurance agents in the mountain city of Asheville, North Carolina, said they and their policyholders have been stunned by the catastrophic damage brought so far inland by Hurricane Helene, which dumped 14 inches of rain...

#15 Founder of AgencyPoint in California Says Many Agencies Put Accounting on Backburner

Feb 8 2024 // Many small- to mid-sized agencies aren’t putting much thought into accounting, relegating the important function to the backburner by opting to use local accountants, agency management systems that may not be...

#16 Generative AI: A Double Agent Serving Good and Evil in the World of Claims

Dec 30 2024 // Claims professionals need to adapt to the AI evolution at a fast pace as the same technologies used to fight claims fraud are also being used to perpetuate it, according to experts.“It’s truly become an arms...

#17 New Jersey Democratic Power Broker Norcross Pleads Not Guilty to Racketeering

Jul 11 2024 // The New Jersey Democratic power broker charged with racketeering by the state attorney general pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he threatened people whose properties he sought to take over and orchestrated tax...

#18 The Captive Agent’s Guide to Independent Insurance Success

Jan 2 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Darkhorse Insurance.Ever felt like a bird with clipped wings, singing the same song for the same company year after year? You’re not alone. Many captive insurance agents,...

#19 New Jersey Insurance Executive, Political Power Broker Charged With Racketeering

Jun 18 2024 // New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin is charging a well-known New Jersey insurance executive and long-time Democratic political influencer with leading a criminal enterprise in the state for the past dozen...

#20 ‘No’ Is Not an Option for E&S Brokers Managing Busy Times – Young E&S Pros Share Views on Surplus Lines

Sep 16 2024 // Wholesale insurance teams are up for a challenge, and they need to be. Rising rates, shrinking appetites, hurricanes, wildfires and increased demand mean those working in the excess and surplus (E&S) sector are facing...