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Is the term "independent agent" an oxymoron? After all, you can't buy insurance from just any carrier when you enter an independent agency office--only from ...

A musical metaphor is appropriate when it comes to the work ACORD does in developing and implementing standards. In essence, the insurance industry is an ...

On May 15, I posted a blog entry featuring my comrade-in-arms--Steve Piontek, Editor In Chief of NU's Life & Health Insurance edition--talking about the recent ...

As a safety net, insurance not only provides coverage when routine losses occur, but for bizarre exposures, too! That fact was vividly confirmed when we ...

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer apparently knocked some heads together and finally convinced seven insurers to cough up $2 billion to settle all remaining property ...

Whether they were fans of William Shatner from his days as Capt. James T. Kirk on Star Trek, or prefer his current, two-time Emmy award-winning ...

For those of you who loved The Da Vinci Code, I have a provocative question. What if someone discovered the Holy Grail and nobody cared? ...

Ever since associations started giving out press attendee lists as a service to those exhibiting at their conferences, I have been inundated with phone calls, ...