2007 Agency Salary Survey; Agency Technology/Public Entities; Agribusiness/Farm & Ranch

In this Issue

People & Places
People
Three members of the Kansas Insurance Department, Ted Clark,...
Features
Semi-Annual Premium Total Dividend Amount
Indiana 14.4 $41.9 million Iowa 21.8 $25.4 million Kansas 15.1 $19.8...
Features
State Farm announces $1.2 Billion mutual auto policyholder dividend
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. recently announced it will...
Declarations
Declarations
Child safety "None of us wants to — as we each have done...
Features
Identity theft: A ‘catch phrase for the new millennium’
Contrary to popular opinion and despite well-publicized security...
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note: Bonus round
Last November, then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer notified...
It Figures
Figures
$279 million KeyCorp Bank, based in Cleveland, Ohio, will receive...
Business Moves
Business Moves
MarketScout, Chicago MarketScout Corp., a Dallas, Texas-based...
News Currents
News Currents
Chicago Exchange, Carvill ready hurricane futures for insurers The...
Features
Identity theft advice from the Federal Trade Commission
Common methods of identity theft: Dumpster diving. Collecting bills...
Closing Quote
Keep alive the dialogue and the 7 standards of ethical conduct
The CPCU Society and American Institute for CPCU/Insurance Institute...
Features
New producer must have ‘skin in the game’ on the first day on the job
In almost every aspect of any business, the best day to do everything...
Declarations
Declarations
Child safety "None of us wants to — as we each have done...
Features
Mo. Appeals Court upholds judgment against Scottie Pippen
Former NBA Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen must pay a bank more...
News Currents
News Currents
Ohio legislators challenge governor's veto on fraud damage limits...
New Markets
My New Markets
Wedding Insurance Nuts & Bolts: Travelers recently announced the...
Features
Tim Wagner, Nebraska, Director of Insurance
Director of Insurance L. Tim Wagner has spent close to 40 years in...
Fraud Roundup
Fraud Roundup
Immigrant scammed medicare for $1 million in Mo. Case Bradley J....
Editor's Note
Bonus round
Last November, then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer notified...
It Figures
It Figures
$279 million KeyCorp Bank, based in Cleveland, Ohio, will receive...
Currents
Ohio legislators challenge governor’s veto on fraud damage limits
Republican lawmakers had no legal authority to ask the Ohio Supreme...
Declarations
Declarations
Child safety "None of us wants to -- as we each have done -- meet...
Currents
State Farm announces $1.2 Billion mutual auto policyholder dividend
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. recently announced it will...
Currents
Chicago Exchange, Carvill ready hurricane futures for insurers
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the largest derivatives exchange in...
Currents
Mo. Appeals Court upholds judgment against Scottie Pippen
Former NBA Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen must pay a bank more...
Features
Identity theft: A ‘catch phrase for the new millennium’
Contrary to popular opinion and despite well-publicized security...
Newsbriefs
IDENTITY THEFT ADVICE FROM THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Common methods of identity theft: Dumpster diving. Collecting bills...
People & Places
People and Places
Three members of the Kansas Insurance Department, Ted Clark,...
Features
The Commissioners: Tim Wagner
Neb. Director sees industry as leading voice on global warming issue...
Fraud Roundup
Fraud Roundup
Immigrant scammed medicare for $1 million in Mo. Case Bradley J....
Currents
New producer must have ‘skin in the game’ on the first day on the job
In almost every aspect of any business, the best day to do everything...
New Markets
My New Markets
Wedding Insurance Nuts & Bolts: Travelers recently announced the...
Closing Quote
Keep alive the dialogue and the 7 standards of ethical conduct
The CPCU Society and American Institute for CPCU/Insurance Institute...
Features
The impact of contingent commissions on independent agencies
How much do independent agencies rely on contingency income and could...
Cover Story
Insurance Journal’s Exclusive Agency Salary Survey
More independent insurance agencies gave salary increases in 2006...
Currents
Prospecting in the 21st Century: Using the Internet to find prospects
Former agent and technology guru provides tips on working the Web...
Currents
Industry gears up for more federal terrorism insurance debates
Advocates say the coverage still vital to national security and a...
Currents
More than half of adults could be in need of disability coverage
Most Americans are not prepared to deal with the possibility of...
Features
Coverage or price? Package or mono-line?
Weighing the options on purchasing public officials' and educators'...
Newsbriefs
RISK MANAGEMENT A HIGHER PRIORITY FOR GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
Fairfax, Va.-based Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI), a nonprofit...
Minding Your Business
Compensation for employee benefits staff should mirror commercial lines
In our travels as consultants to the insurance industry, we have...
Features
Where can the agricultural producer turn for economic relief?
Winter storms force farmers and ranchers to take a close look at how...
Currents
Caribbean nations establish joint disaster insurance pool
Caribbean countries joined by outside donors and international and...
Newsbriefs
FITCH LOOKS AT EFFECTS OF REINSURANCE PROPOSAL
Fitch Ratings says it does not believe that individual (re)insurers'...
Currents
Number of catastrophe-related laws enacted rose significantly in 2006
State lawmakers ready to exceed or outpace last year's total Enacted...
Currents
Mexican trucks to travel deeper into U.S. roadways
Safety advocates say move will endanger motorists and could threaten...
Currents
A.M. Best likes what it sees in property/casualty personal lines segment
Rating and industry analysts at A.M. Best are maintaining their...
Features
What lies ahead for agency compensation? Agents could benefit from incentive pay plans replacing contigent income
Incentive pay plans for agents that some insurers are implementing to...
Currents
Insurance exec: China offers lessons in globalization for U.S. and world
C.V. Starr's Greenberg on China's economic revolution and making the...

National Coverage

Features
Insurance Journal’s Exclusive 2006 Agency Salary Survey
More independent insurance agencies gave salary increases in 2006...
Features
Caribbean nations establish joint disaster insurance pool
Caribbean countries joined by outside donors and international and...
Features
The impact of contingent commissions on independent agencies
Debate continues in the insurance industry regarding the future of...
News Currents
News Currents
A.M. Best likes what it sees in property/casualty personal lines...
Features
More than half of adults could be in need of disability coverage
Most Americans are not prepared to deal with the possibility of...
News Briefs
News Briefs
Risk management a higher priority for government entities Fairfax,...
News Currents
Number of catastrophe-related laws enacted rose significantly in 2006
Enacted catastrophe-related laws increased dramatically in the states...
News Currents
News Currents
Mexican trucks to travel deeper into U.S. roadways Safety advocates...
Cover Stories
Coverage or price? Package or mono-line?
It's an age-old insurance question, whether talking property,...
Features
What lies ahead for agency compensation?
Incentive pay plans for agents that some insurers are implementing to...
Features
Industry gears up for more federal terrorism insurance debates
News Currents Insurance industry advocates urged Congress yet again...
Features
Where can the agricultural producer turn for economic relief?
In the wake of the devastating January 2007 agricultural events,...
Features
Insurance exec: China offers lessons in globalization for U.S. and world
I am not going to talk about regulation, not yet. I will soon but it...
Features
Closer Look: Agency Technology
Technology expert Steve Anderson of The Anderson Network Inc., a...
Features
Fitch looks at effects of reinsurance proposal
Fitch Ratings says it does not believe that individual (re)insurers'...
Minding Your Business
Minding Your Business
In our travels as consultants to the insurance industry, we have...