Public Sector Risk

While the recession might be officially over, one thing's for sure: its effects aren't going to disappear overnight.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced this past January that in 2009, more than 93,000 workplace discrimination charges were filed with the federal agency nationwide.

Erinn E. Collinsworth has joined American Professional Liability Underwriters, Inc. (AmPro) as a broker specializing in architects and engineers liability.

The business of insurance always has been competitive.

Like other niche markets, the public entity marketplace is not immune to the challenges facing the insurance industry today. Although our industry is hopeful that conditions gradually improve, the hard fact remains that it's still a soft market.

What a difference a year makes. A year ago the industry was celebrating the record year of 2008, which concluded with 307 total transactions.

Consider the wildfire that burned last summer in La Ca?ada Flintridge, a suburb just 12 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.

More aging baby boomers are turning to home healthcare as an alternative to hospital stays or nursing homes. The trend presents agents and brokers with the opportunity to educate their home care agency clients on the risks that they face.