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Appoint An Ex-Regulator To Your Board, Pa. Deputy Commish Says
When the deputy insurance commissioner of the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance describes the benefits of diversity in insurance company boardrooms, he's not necessarily talking about adding more ...
How Carriers, Agents Can Adapt As Small Commercial Buyers Move Online
About 52 percent of America's small business insurance customers say they are ready to complete their commercial insurance purchasing online without the aid of an agent or broker. That's according to ...
Job Applicants Posting About Alcohol Use On Facebook May Be Good Hires, Study Says
Employers are increasingly using Facebook to screen job applicants and weed out candidates they think have undesirable traits. But a new study from North Carolina State University shows that those ...
Small Commercial Buyers Moving Online: Who Are They? What Do They Want?
According to a recent study by consultant Deloitte, more than half of small businesses (52 percent) are now ready and willing to buy their insurance direct from a carrier over the Internet without an ...
Changing the Way Businesses Defend Against Cyber Attacks
Hackers have attacked news organizations, social media sites, major corporations and government agencies, accessing private documents and personal information. Still most organizations do not ...
EPLI in Southern California Playing ‘Hard’ to Get
Employment practices liability in California is a growing concern for insurers, agents and employers, and that concern has some carriers ramping up rates dramatically or quietly pulling back from the ...
Purchase Price Disputes: Structuring Earnouts to Minimize Risks
Earnouts continue to play an important role in helping public and private buyers of private insurance entities and sellers reach agreement on the purchase price for merger or acquisition ...
More Firms Buying Offices in Foreign Countries Rather Than Renting
After decades of renting being the norm, companies with offices in the world's major cities are seeing more financial sense in buying their own buildings, prompted by a mix of cheap debt, stockpiled ...