In this Issue

• Features
  Appeals Court Reverses MRGO Flooding Ruling
  A Washington appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling that...
• Features
  Small Businesses Hampered by Uninsured Losses After 2017 Hurricanes: Fed Reserve
  Small businesses in the United States struggled with uninsured...
• Features
  Insurance Fraud Allegations Lead to Suspensions, Arrest for Arkansas Agency Owners in 2 Separate Cases
  Arkansas has suspended the insurance licenses of one agency owner and...
• Features
  Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office Sees Drop in Late Filings
  The Surplus Lines Stamp-ing Office of Texas (SLTX) says the number of...
• Features
  Its IPO Complete, Goosehead Insurance Looks Toward Expansion
  A North Texas-based insurance agency that operates nationally via a...
• Features
  Texas Attorney Sentenced in $26.5M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
  An attorney in Grand Prairie, Texas, has been sentenced to 120 months...
• Features
  Still No Arrest 5 Years After Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion
  As of April 17, the fifth anniversary of the fertilizer plant...
• Features
  Deadline Extended for TWIA Damage Appraisal Demands; Depopulation Program Begins
  The deadlines for a Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA)...
• Features
  Oklahoma Has New Vendor for Insurance Licensing Exams
  Oklahoma has a new vendor for licensing exams for insurance...
• People & Places
  People
  Kristi Koncaba, president and chief operating officer at Texan Bank,...

National Coverage

• Editor's Note
  Show Teen Drivers Some Money
  Teens who text while driving may be convinced to reduce risky...
• Closing Quote
  Time to Rethink Education
  The Association for Talent Development reports that employers spend...
• Idea Exchange
  The Technology Gap: Can Agents Keep Up?
  As predicted in the last Tech Talk column, there is reason to cheer a...
• Idea Exchange
  The Absolute Secret to Building a Great Sales Team
  The difference between where your agency is today and where it will...
• Idea Exchange
  What If Tech Companies, Carriers Conspire to Denigrate Consumer Protections and Agency Value?
  Here's to ruffling feathers: Indeed, entities do exist in the...
• Features
  P/C Direct Premium Written Up 4.7 Percent in 2017
  Direct premium written (DPW) for property/casualty insurance...
• Features
  Cyber Insurers Say Underwriting Is Profitable, For Now
  Carriers say that cyber insurance is quite profitable for them at the...
• Features
  The High Cost of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks: Study
  A single foodborne outbreak could cost a restaurant millions of...
• Features
  How Agencies Grow Today: Channel Harvest Survey
  When it comes to business growth, agents have their eyes on the same...
• Features
  Making Sure Food Delivery Doesn’t Take Out Restaurants
  With a growing number of apps and on-demand services, millennials in...
• Features
  Flood, Tax Relief, Cyber Security: Risk Managers’ View on the Political Turmoil in Washington
  Congress is headed for a "major showdown" over the flood insurance...
• New Markets
  New Markets
  Recycling Operations Market Detail: All Trans Risk Solutions...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  Sedgwick, Cunningham Lindsey Memphis, Tenn.-based global claims...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  No Liability Protection "(The law) does not protect a website...