Market Insights

No one expected that the vigorous 2004 Atlantic hurricane season would hit Florida repeatedly: four hurricanes and a tropical storm made landfall within in a six-week period.

Seniors are looking for accommodations that will enable them to live as independently as possible while providing any supporting services they may need.ON THE life side of the insurance business, few markets are more coveted than the senior market.

THE BEST agents and brokers know that continuous investment in technology is simply a cost of doing business. Of course, the same holds true for automation vendors, who must constantly improve their systems' capabilities if they are to get and keep

A confessed software addict shares some generic programs that he's put to good use in his agency. MAYBE I'm a software addict. It's hard not to be today, with all the wonderful products available. Sure, I'm fascinated with the latest technology

The following article was adapted from Mr. Baker's presentation at the AMS User's Group convention, which was held in April in Nashville, Tenn.) IN MY 25 years in the insurance industry (in addition to being a consultant, I confess I'm also a

WHAT a difference a couple of years make. In 2003, as premiums rose in the hard market, program administrators had it made?if they had access to insurers. The problem was that many didn't. Carriers fled the program business market or, in several