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

In this Issue

Business Moves
Business Moves
Carpenter Moore, USI Southwest Houston-based USI Southwest and...
Features
Lessons learned from Katrina and beyond
The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season came and went with barely a blip...
Declarations
Declarations
Keeping it alive "This is something that was taken away as a part of...
TOC
10 La. regulators question Allstate cancellations
Insurance department tells company to reinstate policies 11 Former...
Features
Should D&O insurers have a loss prevention role?
Why don't directors and officers insurers insist on corporate...
Closing Quote
Ethics is everything
The CPCU Society and American Institute for CPCU/Insurance Institute...
People & Places
People
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in Houston added Danny Golden as vice...
Features
Chicago Exchange offering futures contracts on ’07 hurricanes
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is launching contracts that will...
Features
Understanding coverage gaps in farm/ranch policies
Is the rural dwelling a home or a ranch? It's an important...
Features
Former Okla. insurance commissioner jailed
Former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher was arrested...
It Figures
Figures
50% The Houston area has nearly $1 billion of commercial insurance...
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note: Bonus round
Last November, then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer notified...
News Currents
News Currents
La. insurance regulators probe Allstate's policy cancellations...
New Markets
My New Markets
Nursing Home Liability Nuts & Bolts: Quadrant Insurance Managers, a...
News Currents
News Currents
La. insurance regulators order Allstate to reverse cancellations...
Editor's Note
Bonus round
Last November, then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer notified...
It Figures
It Figures
50% The Houston area has nearly $1 billion of commercial insurance...
Currents
La. insurance regulators order Allstate to reverse cancellations
Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon on Mar. 6 ordered...
Declarations
Declarations
Keeping it alive "This is something that was taken away as a part of...
Currents
Former Okla. insurance commissioner jailed
Former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher was arrested...
People & Places
People and Places
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in Houston added Danny Golden as vice...
Features
Understanding coverage gaps in farm/ranch policies
Is the rural dwelling a home or a ranch? It's an important...
Currents
Should D&O insurers have a loss prevention role?
Why don't directors and officers insurers insist on corporate...
New Markets
My New Markets
Nursing Home Liability Nuts & Bolts: Quadrant Insurance Managers, a...
Currents
Lessons learned from Katrina and beyond
The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season came and went with barely a blip...
Currents
Chicago Exchange offering futures contracts on ’07 hurricanes
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is launching contracts that will...
Closing Quote
Ethics is everything
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...