February 24, 2014
Agency Salary Survey
On the Water: Marinas & Boats
Agribusiness / Farm & Ranch
Bonus: The Florida Issue (Special Supplement)
In this Issue
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Features
Oregon Disaster Agency Issues Revealed in Audit
Oregon's emergency management agency may not be well equipped to...
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Features
Disaster Aid For Colorado Flooding Surpasses $267M
Since heavy rains brought flooding in September 2013, Colorado...
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Features
Former Idaho Councilman Sentenced For Insurance Fraud
A former Nampa City Council member in Idaho was sentenced in February...
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Features
Southern California’s Construction Sector Continues to Heat
Southern California's construction sector continues to gain momentum,...
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Features
California’s Mass of Insurance-Related Bills
There are a number of bills currently under consideration by...
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Features
Private Flood Insurance Agency Now Selling in 15 States
A Florida agency selling private flood insurance said it is now...
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Features
Hole-in-one Insurance Fraudster in Washington Sentenced
Kevin Kolenda, 56, a Connecticut businessman who has been reportedly...
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People & Places
People – West
Arizona workers' compensation insurance provider CopperPoint Mutual...
National Coverage
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Features
Who’s Worth What in the Independent Agency System
Exclusive Survey Shows Compensation Up, Benefits Up With a Cost For...
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Features
Numbers Don’t Lie: Agency Best of the Best – Quality vs. Quantity
On a recent agency visit, I met with an account manager who was being...
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Editor's Note
Pay and Performance
This issue of Insurance Journal brings you the 8th Annual Agency...
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Minding Your Business
How to Be a High Performing Agency
To be a high-performing firm, one needs to emulate what the best...
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Idea Exchange
Retro-Theme Marketing, a Fun Approach to Motivation and Sales
Now that the new year has settled down into just "the year," it's a...
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Closing Quote
Bridging the Wage Gap
Today, the number of women working in the insurance industry is...
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Features
Agribusiness Insurance Segment Stable, Yet Selective
Crop insurance and farm bill debates have dominated the news...
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Features
Industry Update: Riding the Wave in the Marina Marketplace
As the $4.2 billion marina industry continues to expand, independent...
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Features
The ‘Switching’ Economy: Consumers to Buy Insurance from Google, Amazon, Verizon
New global research finds that as many as two-thirds (67 percent) of...
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Features
What Might Terrorists Do Next?
The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks created an atmosphere of...
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Features
Commercial Insurance Markets Looking Favorable in 2014: Marsh
The ample capacity and competition that helped temper firming of U.S....
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Features
Technical and Medical Device Convergence Exposes New World of Risks
When the acclaimed television drama series Homeland climaxed with a...
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Features
Technology’s Opening a Whole New World of Agent E&O Exposures
Those in the insurance industry have another errors and omission...
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Features
P/C Insurers’ Net Income Up 60%, Combined Ratio at 97.6 for 2013: A.M. Best
A relatively quiet year for catastrophes helped the U.S....
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Features
10 Things to Know About Agribusiness
According to the United States Department of Agriculture's 2007...
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Declarations
Declarations
N.H. Workers' Comp "We must come together to reform workers'...
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New Markets
My New Markets
My New Markets is brought to you by Insurance Journal's sister...
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Business Moves
Business Moves
Kemper Corp. Kemper Corp. is realigning its property/casualty...