In a unique and ambitious effort to encourage top young talent to consider a career in insuranceand with the companyState Farm recently hosted its second-annual College Marketing & Sales Competition program, which attracted 16 students from eight universities across the country who vied for thousands of dollars in cash prizes.

Bryant Rousseau speaks with Mike Davidson, State Farms recently retired vice chairman and chief marketing and agency officer, and SVP Rand Harbert, who succeeded Davidson as leader of the companys nearly 18,000 agents.

For much of the year, Sundays are a time when I try to take advantage of New Yorks cultural offerings by heading to museums. But on Sundays in late January, I change gears and unashamedly glue myself to my television set to watch the NFL playoffs (Go Patriots!). This means...

Im approaching my one-year anniversary as editor of NU, and the job, without question, has affected the way I see the world.

Happy New Year everyone, and welcome to the first issue of NU in 2012.

The end of 2011 is upon us, which can only mean one thing: Its time for NU to assemble its annual list of the Top 10 stories of the year. With such a high number of news events to consider as legitimate candidates, deciding on the final lineup was a...

With the New Year just around the corner, we offer a preview of a dozen topics and trends that will be a focus of NUs coverage in 2012.

In NUs Oct. 17 editorial, I reported on my experience shopping for and choosing a renters insurance policyopting, in the end, to go with USAA after a phone call with one of its representatives (a State Farm agent just up the street from me was also in the running).