Columns
Laura M. Toops comments on the expired recession and if agencies should merge or sell their companies....
Ken A. Crerar discusses conflicting and confusing state regulations....
Barry Zalma writes about how an insurance agent and the insurer represented by the agent were found not liable for false statements on an application because the agent and insurer were able to prove that the insured did not read the application. ...
Chris Amrhein writes on how focused on the skills and techniques of the past, agents are steadily losing the ability to see the world through the eyes of their prospects and insureds. ...
Lisa Harrington provides three steps on how to stay positive in changing times....
This freedom of the web, known as "net neutrality," has been the hue and cry for a lot of people, because the Internet is still in its infancy and now is the time when policies need to ensure the future....
Jack Burke writes how agencies can be successful through sales and marketing....
Kristin Jones talks about the switch from music to insurance....
Departments
Farmers partners with Zynga, creator of Farmville, the most popular game on Facebook with more than 60 million monthly players....
Since 2005, employees’ share of health premiums increased by 47 percent....
The U.S. fell from second to fourth position, behind Switzerland, Sweden and Singapore, according to global competitiveness report....
High unemployment rates in the U.S. have decreased wages for some low-skilled outsourcing services, making call center workers as cheap to hire in the U.S. ...
The U.S. has added fewer new households in 2010 than at any other time within the last 30 years....
An agency profile of The Starr Group, Greenfield, Wis....
Matthew Marrone writes on how to avoid a client an agency would not want to service....
Debora Hillier writes how an agency can achieve higher levels of profitability, carrier and employee stability and minimized E&O potential by using best practices front-line underwriting....
Paul Tetrault explains why agencies need to view bills to regulate litigation financing with caution....