Market Insights

Green construction represents a small but rapidly growing segment of the U.S. construction industry. Defined as construction that focuses on sustainability, green projects currently comprise less than 10 percent of all new construction. However,

Most agency owners know they need to increase their producer force to keep their businesses growing. With demand high and supply very short for experienced producers, agencies today are finding they often need to fill spots with untested

According to the national tracking firm RealtyTrac, the total number of homeowner foreclosures rose nationally by 75 percent in 2007. At 280,000 foreclosure filings, Florida ranked second among all

The State of Florida has experienced a significant rise in the demand for appraisal in disputed property settlements as found in homeowners' and commercial policies. Florida represents a special-case

I've met many of you over the years, either in person at various insurance meetings and conventions or by phone while working on stories for this magazine. For those of you I have not yet had the

Frustration is natural but not inevitable whenbusiness users are asked to change the waythey do work. There are methods to relievethe tension, and chief among them is to communicate why and how the ch