Agency Management

Independent agencies that do an outstanding job selling insurance and providing risk management services for their clients are urged to enter the 2009 NU "Commercial Insurance Agency Of The Year" award program, with entries due July 13.

National Underwriter named the three winners today in the 2009 "NU Agency Technology Achievement Award" program.

Despite recent outcries from federal lawmakers and plaintiffs lawyers, concerns that Chinese drywall could become the next asbestos are unfounded, experts say.

More than 75 percent of workers' compensation physical impairment ratings are incorrect because doctors "are not held accountable," an expert told an industry conference here.

Some regulators believe they are charged with forcing personal lines insurance to be both affordable and widely available

Picture this. An employee laid off last year decides he was a victim of age discrimination. After receiving permission from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, he files suit.

The best and brightest insurance agency technology leaders are usually those who make a long-term commitment of money and brainpower, and constantly upgrade their capabilities to keep ahead of the competition.

While comparisons to mold and asbestos are inevitable, liability insurance exposures arising from the installation of tainted Chinese drywall in Southeast homes will not grow to asbestos-like proportions, legal experts predicted recently.