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Are Performance-Based Incentives Ethical?Is it ethical for insurance professionals to be subject to performance-based incentives, and would disclosure to those who are served by the ...

Vendors Automate Processing Tasks Like managing general agencies and wholesale brokers, there are a growing number of Web-based companies situated between retail agents and property-casualty ...

Cyberinsurers, Producers: Opportunists or Saviors? Since the introduction of cyberinsurance products roughly three years ago, articles have been written questioning the insurance industrys approach to ...

Tech Makes Fighting Fraud AffordableEveryone talks about insurance fraud, but nobody does anything about it--at least in cases where the claims are not significant.Sad to ...

N.Y. Agents Hit Dual Charters To The Editor: The Independent Insurance Agents Association of New York strongly opposes recent proposals to create a dual charter ...

Brokers Must Fulfill StandardsTo Deal Directly With Lloyds Beginning the process of becoming an accredited broker to Lloyds of London is as simple as filling ...

Asbestos Insurers Hike Reserves Some insurers are reacting to additional asbestos exposures by increasing reserve levels.In 1999, the insurers listed below increased their estimate of ...

Reinsurers May Be Spared Asbestos ClaimsUp until 1998, the U.S. insurance industry experienced a flat-to-slightly-decreasing trend in asbestos claims and payments, demonstrated by the fact ...