A significant number of professionals in various occupations reveal specific charges for their services. The amount may be an hourly rate, such as for ...

Producer CompensationRaises Ethical QuandariesBy Peter R. KensickiThis column asked NU readers to address ethical methods of producer compensation from two perspectives--from the standpoint of ...

Readers Tackle Ethics Of Contingency CommissionsFirst Of Two PartsWith investigations challenging so-called "contingency" payments from certain insurers to major brokers, I asked readers three critical ...

Can You Defend Ethics Of Contingency Deals?Second Of Two PartsLast week, we looked at two questions whether contingency commission arrangements are ethical, and under what ...

Broker Put On The Spot When An Account ShiftsIn the wake of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's probe of alleged bid-rigging, all eyes are ...

Must Buyers Be Ethical? All parties would do best to follow the Golden RuleThe first of the two questions posed in my last column on ...

Agents Want Open-Minded Underwriters On Their RisksThe only function in an insurance company that every insured is guaranteed to encounter is underwriting. Not all insurers ...

Producers Ponder: What Is Ethical?A producer is always a middleman and, like Rodney Dangerfield, seems to get no respect. However, a professional producer adds real ...