American Agent & Broker

HEADNOTE Down To Cases HEADNOTE (Note: This Ohio case poses an agency work-flow nightmare. How would your agency...

HEADNOTE For The Manager I RECOMMEND that every agency get an annual accountant's review or audit. It may...

HEADNOTE Policy Issues A COMMON question arose in the E&O classes I recently presented in several states: "When...

HEADNOTE Strictly Sales RECENTLY, a new producer asked me what kind of accounts to focus on. I remembered...

HEADNOTE Automation HIGH-TECH innovations are fascinating. Bluetooth technology may someday wirelessly connect all the devices we use, and...

IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2 IN AN old episode of "The Simpsons," Barney, the town drunk, was lying under a...

A YEAR ago in this magazine, I addressed the challenges facing the insurance industry with regard to mold....

IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2 WHEN agents and brokers think about environmental risks, such land-based exposures as mold, asbestos and...

OUR AGENCY is located on a barrier island along the New Jersey coast. That means two things. First,...

IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 2 FOR several years, consumers have been warned of the growing peril of identity fraud, also...

WITH TIME and nourishment, a seed takes on a new form, grows and eventually bears fruit. So, too,...

WE'RE sure that more than a few agents and brokers breathed a sigh of relief last month when...

Travelers, AMS offer real-time SEMCI quoting Travelers Property Casualty and AMS Services announced real-time quoting capabilities for agents...

Aon Collector Car Insurance, previously writing under the K&K name, announced its expansion in the collector car insurance...

-Zurich North America Environmental and The Hartford have each acquired renewal rights to segments of Kemper Insurance Co.'s...