The driving habits of Americans drew intense public scrutiny during 2008 as the price of gasoline skyrocketed to more than $4 a gallon in many parts of the country. As Americans drove fewer miles, interest in
This was to be the first year of the conference, and the lack of name recognition, combined with tightening travel budgets at most companies, contributed to its cancellation, the organization
The Arlington, Va.-based organization said its study determined that even as their numbers on the road increased, crash deaths among drivers 70 and older fell 21 percent during the period, reversing
Perhaps the best thing that can be said about 2008 is that it is over. The recession that undermined the economy all year long is a vicious one, systematically destroying financial markets,
While agents and brokers are trying to hit the ground running this year, many may feel like they are stuck on a treadmill, struggling to keep up their books of business while more clients contract or
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Anyone predicting a top-10 story list for 2008 back in late 2007 would have likely put the passage of federal surplus lines reform on the list. But it didn't make the list simply because it didn't
If you had asked me at the start of the year what would occur first--that American International Group would nearly be destroyed by unwise investments and forced to hand over the bulk of its shares to
Fourteen auto insurers by the end of 2009 say they will be offering pay-only-as-you-drive policies, which base rates primarily on miles driven, according to a San Francisco-based technology firm's sur
Among items noted by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) was a 486 percent budget increase for commissioner travel--which jumped from $156,000 to $760,000. PCI said this repres