Contractors / Subcontractors; Employment Practices Liability Insurance; 2012 Insurance Agents & Brokers Meetings / Conventions Directory

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Allstate Revises Agent Compensation Plan
Allstate's captive agents have been spared part of a planned cut in...
Business Moves
Business Moves
Old National, Gettings Reed Financial Indiana-based Old National...
Declarations
Declarations
No Single Answer "Distracted driving is a serious problem and in our...
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Drunk Driving Crashes Are Down in Michigan
Alcohol-related crashes and deaths in Michigan dropped over the past...
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Indiana Drug Tests
Indiana officials say a drug testing program that started in July for...
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Insolvent Missouri Insurers to Be Managed by Farm Bureau
A Barton County, Mo., judge in December 2011 approved a proposal to...
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Kansas Commissioner Rebuffs Proposed Workers’ Comp Rate Hike
Kansas' top insurance regulator refused a proposed workers'...
Editor's Note
Goodbye 2011
Are we nearing the end of our national malaise? I hope so and...
People & Places
People
Verne Cadwell has been named vice president of the crop hail division...
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Workers’ Comp Reform Signed by Michigan Governor
Workers' compensation reform legislation that supporters say will...

Closing Quote
The Sound of Feds Listening
For months now, Director Michael McRaith and his staff at the Federal...
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The Construction Market Evolution
Henry Ford once said that his customers could order his Model T cars...
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Despite Losses, Insurers Not Hiking Prices Broadly
Despite more than $100 billion in disaster losses around the world...
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A Disciplined Approach to Underwriting
Now that 2011 is in the record books, various insurance company...
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How to Protect Businesses from the Rising Trend of Employment Practices Lawsuits
Business owners today face tough economic challenges. One of those...
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If an Agency Were a Person
Most agencies are managed from the perspective of the shareholders...
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My New Markets
Bringing Market Seekers and Market Providers Together Find markets in...
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A Sales Instructor Who Doesn’t Close? It’s True.
Academy of Insurance Instructor, Whitley, Reveals What He Learned...
Minding Your Business
Trends for 2012
Soft Market Here to Stay, Merger Activity, Financial Pressures and...
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Under Construction
Apartment Builders see Uptick in Market Changing demographics and new...
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Wow! How the Academy Has Changed!
What do Barbara Dooley, Academy of Insurance memberships and...