Agency Management

Colorado State University hurricane forcasters, led by William Gray, increased their early season forecast for storms said there is more than a 70 percent chance of a hurricane making landfall in the United States.

International counterterrorism efforts appear to be stifling the ability of terrorist groups to mount significant attacks on the scale of those of Sept. 11 according to the 2010 Aon Terrorism Threat Map.

Despite the urgings of Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty and others, Gov. Charlie Crist has vetoed the state's omnibus property insurance bill passed at the close of the 2010 legislative session.

Mention e-mail marketing to fellow insurance professionals and you may find that many remain hesitant to move away from their tried-and-true snail mail methods.

While the omnibus property bill garnered most of the attention this past legislative session, there were significant life and health insurance-related bills under discussion also.

The absence of a major catastrophic event in Florida in recent years has not erased memories of the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons and the impact of the ensuing hard property insurance market.