Contractors / Subcontractors; Employment Practices Liability Insurance; 2013 Insurance Agents & Brokers Meetings / Conventions Directory

In this Issue

Editor's Note
Tasty, Healthy and Safe
We are what we eat, the saying goes. So let's hope what we eat is not...
Features
Texas Surplus Lines Premium Exceeded $4 Billion in 2012
Premium on policies reported to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of...
Features
Texas Agency Management Seminar Celebrates 50 Years of Success
In 1963, a group of insurance agents under the direction of Joseph E....
Features
Managing Underwriter Bill Creates Unwelcome Surprise for Some Texas Agents
A bill passed during the 2011 session of the Texas Legislature is...
Declarations
Declarations – South Central
Trust, Teachers, Guns "I trust my children to my local teachers and...
People & Places
People – South Central
The Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. announced that Kathy van...

National Coverage

Features
How Agents Survived a Falling Housing Market
It has not been easy being an insurance agent specializing in the...
Minding Your Business
How to Exploit Current Trends for 2013
One needs to understand and exploit current and future trends in...
Features
10 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About the Academy!
Once you purchase a webinar, it's yours FOREVER! There's no...
Features
Selling EPLI Coverage to the Small Business a Challenge, but Necessary
After almost five years of continuous claims in the employment...
Features
Most Commercial Insurance Buyers Accept Coverage Changes, Price Hikes: Survey
The vast majority of commercial insurance buyers renewing their...
Features
2013 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
JANUARY P/C Insurance Joint Industry Forum Jan 15 Waldorf Astoria...
Features
What Happens if TRIPRA Isn’t Reauthorized?
With Just 24 Months to Go, Now is the Time to Prepare The federal...
Features
The Dilemma of Tiny Commercial Accounts
Many advisors suggest agents simply jettison small commercial...
Features
Do You Believe in Evolution?
Do you believe in evolution? No, I don't mean the theory espoused by...
Features
P/C Direct Premium Written Up 4% Through Third Quarter 2012
The direct premium growth for property/casualty insurance companies...
Features
Obesity and Workers’ Comp Costs
Health care reform has been at the top of the political agenda...
Features
Top 10 Insurance TV Brands, Ads
Ace Metrix, a California company that provides television and video...
New Markets
My New Markets
Bringing Market Seekers and Market Providers Together Find markets in...