Agency Salary Survey; Boats & Marinas; Agribusiness / Farm & Ranch

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Features
AIG Reviews Succession Plan After Chairman’s Latest Move
With its chairman taking a new CEO position elsewhere, American...
Business Moves
East Business Moves
BB&T, Crump Group North Carolina-based BB&T Corp. is buying the P/C...
Declarations
East Declarations
Features
Hartford’s Biggest Stakeholder Wants to Split Up the Firm
The Hartford Financial Services Group's biggest stakeholder is not...
Features
MF Global Judge to Review Insurance for Former Executives
The U.S. judge overseeing MF Global's bankruptcy plans a closer...
Features
Maryland Court Sides With Allstate in Coastal Homeowners Case
The Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, recently...
Features
Debating Affordable Healthcare Act
Earlier this month, the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.,...
Features
Penn. OKs 5.7% Cut in Workers’ Comp Costs
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department approved a 5.7 percent decrease...
Features
Q4 Reports: Earnings Continue to Disappoint
The Hartford Q4 Profit Down 79% Hartford Financial Services Group...
Features
Virginia High Court to Rehear Global Warming Coverage Case
The Virginia Supreme Court has granted rehearing of a closely...
People & Places
East People
Features
Insurance Employment Grew by 5,300 Jobs, Latest Data Show
The insurance industry had 5,300 net job gains in December 2011...
Features
Va. Medical Cost Per Workers’ Comp Claim Higher Than Most States
Broad metrics of worker' compensation costs show that Virginia is a...

National Coverage

Features
Agency Compensation Expected to Rise in 2012: Ward Group
Contingent commission payouts to insurance agencies are estimated to...
Minding Your Business
Agency Compensation: A General Guideline With Common Sense
Personnel expenses remain the largest expense for any independent...
Features
Analyzing Agency Management Benchmarks
I have been analyzing agencies for a long time, and I believe it is...
Closing Quote
Colorado Defers Action on State-Chartered Workers’ Comp Fund
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Pinnacol Assurance, the...
Idea Exchange
The Compensation Connection: Aligning Rewards with Results
The state of the labor market is changing. Unemployment rates are...
Features
Compensation Freeze Comes to an End?
Agencies Report Salaries and Compensation on the Rise, Slightly It...
Features
General Tips for Compensation
Be creative with compensation and perquisites. Remember, most people...
Features
Marina Market Tightens Up in the Wake of Catastrophe-Ridden 2011
The marina insurance market seems to be heading for some changes,...
New Markets
New Markets
Bringing Market Seekers and Market Providers Together Find markets in...
Features
The New Normal in Producer Compensation
When it comes to producer compensation, there really is no norm....
Features
P/C Insurers’ Combined Ratio for 2011 Estimated at 107.5%
The U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry reported its largest...
Growing Your Property Casualty Agency
Social Marketing for Agencies Is Never Free
Opening a Basic Social Media Account Is Free — The Rest Isn't Most...