Get out the cynanide capsules.According to Forbes economic guru A. Gary Shilling (http://www.forbes.com/shilling), the current economy -- which many expertsare calling the worst since the ...

Get out the cynanide capsules.According to Forbes economic guru A. Gary Shilling (http://www.forbes.com/shilling), the current economy -- which many expertsare calling the worst since the ...

If the "official" (read: "press release") reaction from insurance industry trade groups about the Fed's $85 billion-dollar bailout of AIG is any indication, the controversial ...

As I'm writing this from drizzly and overcast Chicago, Hurricane Ike is bearing down on the Texas panhandle, predicted to strike late tonight and Saturday ...

When catastrophe strikes, agents who respond quickly to their stricken customers get a chance to look like heroes. But when it's the agency that's been ...

Welcome to American Agent & Broker's new graphics and editorial redesign--the result of six months of blood, sweat, tears, swearing and an excuse for my increase in gray hair. (Not that you need to

It's interesting to see another perennial insurance issue come cropping up again. This time, the Thing That Wouldn't Die is theso-called "rebating" flap. Not surprising, ...

While recently going through my Rolodex (yeah, I'm that old) and getting depressed over themanyagencies long gone or absorbed by bigger fish, I came across ...