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Agency Consolidation Picking Up SpeedA 2004 midyear review of announced agency consolidation statistics indicates that the pace has increased markedly over prior periods. Through June ...

Will Regulatory Reform Road Map Hit Dead End? Push by Republicans for total rate deregulation opposed by DemocratsWashingtonRate deregulation for property-casualty insurers, a mandate to ...

Take It Slow, Plan Every Step, Agents Say Deals Among Small Firms Can Be Beneficial, But Challenges RemainMichael HaIndependent agencies planning to join forces with ...

Agents Must Separate M&A Fact From Fiction Common misperceptions could steer agency principals down the wrong roadKevin StipeWith a weekly stream of merger and acquisition-related ...

Industry Still Split On Federal Regulatory RoleArthur D. PostalWashingtonAs the U.S. Senate Banking Committee expressed new interest in the competitiveness and regulation of the insurance ...

E&S/SPECIALITY LINES Employment Practices Liability InsuranceEVERY JULY, THE NATIONAL UNDERWRITER COMPANY publishes the Agent/Broker Buyers Guide to Insurance Coverages, an annual directory of excess, surplus, ...

Know When To Walk Away, Everest CEO SaysGrow during a hard market; cut back during a soft one. Like the investor adage, "Buy low; sell ...

Going Bare On EPL Is Risky For Firms Of All Sizes Employee lawsuits not limited to giant, impersonal companies with deep pocketsYou own a manufacturing ...