Oil & Gas / Energy; Employment Practices Liability; 2016 Insurance Agents & Brokers Meetings / Conventions Directory

In this Issue

Features
Ohio High Court: Consumer Laws Don’t Apply to Insurer Repair Estimates
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that laws protecting consumers from...
Features
Pedestrian Deaths Rise in Minnesota
The number of pedestrians struck and killed rose in Minnesota a year...
Features
Michigan Business Owners Optimistic; Expect to Hire, Raise Pay in 2016
Small- to mid-sized business owners are experiencing substantial...
Features
Preliminary Data: Kansas Saw Big Increase in Tornadoes in 2015
Kansas' 124 confirmed tornadoes in 2015 were 83 more than the...
People & Places
People – West
H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, headquartered in Detroit/Farmington...

National Coverage

Business Moves
Business Moves
NFP, Absolute Advantage, Vanorsdale Insurance NFP Property & Casualty...
Workers Comp
How to Help Clients Make Workers’ Comp ‘Employee Friendly’
Both in the media and in general conversation, we often hear people...
Features
Playing to Win Versus Playing to Not Lose
I received an interesting request from a reader regarding a prior...
Features
Scottsdale’s Miller Departs to Lead Nationwide’s Venture Arm
Michael Miller, the longtime president and chief operating officer of...
Features
Fitch Expects Modest Gains for U.S. Insurance Brokers in 2016
Revenues and earnings for public U.S. insurance brokers are likely to...
New Markets
My New Markets
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Declarations
Declarations
Qualifying Life Event "This legislation will help expectant mothers...
Features
2016 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Welcome to Insurance Journal's 2016 Insurance Industry Meetings and...
Closing Quote
Stage Set for Another Banner Year for Independent Agents
The Big "I" is very pleased that 2015 yielded a number of legislative...
Editor's Note
Bases of Discrimination
Workplace harassment goes far beyond sex and race discrimination....
Features
Wells Fargo Renews Hunt for Insurance Brokerages to Buy
Wells Fargo & Co. is restarting efforts to expand its insurance...
Features
Changing Oil & Gas Industry Delivers New Risks, New Challenges
Editor's Note: This is the first article in a three-part series on...
Cover Story
New Look in Franchise Liability
Businesses known for their uniforms are worried about lawyers in...
Features
Entrepreneurs Raise $13 Million to ‘Reinvent’ U.S. P/C Insurance with Peer-to-Peer Insurer Lemonade
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry is about to be tested...
Features
Expect P/C Insurance Price Stagnation in 2016: Kroll
After a banner 2015 for the U.S. property/casualty insurance sector,...