IA Magazine
Coverage focuses on the farming and agriculture industry, including hard-to-place or boutique farms on a non-admitted basis.
Posted: Jun 20, 2021
Five questions to help you properly insure your boat insurance customers.
Posted: Jun 20, 2021
Many businesses of this size struggle with recruiting and retaining key talent because they can’t offer optimal health benefits. Excepted benefits plans may be the answer.
Posted: Jun 20, 2021
Coverage focuses on the farming and agriculture industry, including hard-to-place or boutique farms on a non-admitted basis.
Posted: Jun 20, 2021
An insured’s son was mowing her lawn when the lawnmower threw a rock into the neighbor’s truck window. The son doesn’t want to file under his homeowners and feels that his mother’s HO3 should pay the claim.
Posted: Jun 17, 2021
The hearing covered topics including the structure of the National Flood Insurance Program, the need to reauthorize the program, affordability issues, mapping and mitigation, the role of private flood insurance, and Risk Rating 2.0.
Posted: Jun 16, 2021
The Department of Justice complaint alleges the merger would substantially harm competition and leave Americans with fewer choices, higher prices and lower quality services.
Posted: Jun 16, 2021
Agency owners can change prevailing opinions among Gen Zers by embracing the four aspects of the insurance industry of strong interest to Gen Z job seekers.
Posted: Jun 15, 2021
Customer satisfaction with auto insurers in 11 geographic regions remains unchanged from 2020, the first time since 2017 this has not improved.
Posted: Jun 15, 2021
More than $600 million in premium and 160 active insurers—a nice start to private flood. Where is this line of business most prevalent and which insurers are focused on it?
Posted: Jun 14, 2021
What factors do you need to consider when quoting boat insurance? Ask these questions to help boaters fully protect their fun in the sun.
Posted: Jun 13, 2021
"Things like cyber and law enforcement liability were not major topics of discussion two decades ago," says independent agent Josh Estelle. "In some ways it is no different than the rest of the world, since all industries face changing exposures."
Posted: Jun 13, 2021
With more than 11.2 million households owning an RV and 2021 RV shipments projected to break records, agents have an opportunity to capture this new business or quote an exisitng RV.
Posted: Jun 13, 2021
The insured delivers a refrigerator to a customer. Once in the house, the insured took the fridge off the dolly to maneuver a small space, but while moving the fridge by hand they scratch the floor.
Posted: Jun 10, 2021
The cyberattack on May 7, shut down 5,500 miles of pipeline and cost the company nearly $5 million to regain access to its systems.
Posted: Jun 09, 2021
In its comments, the Big “I" urged the Department of Health and Human Services to avoid any outcomes that formally or effectively apply these new mandates to agents and brokers.
Posted: Jun 09, 2021
A quality internship program will enable you to attract bright and ambitious young people and identify those you want to keep for the long term without making a large investment.
Posted: Jun 08, 2021
Independent agents play a key role in keeping homes, businesses and families safe by ensuring communities and insurers work together to mitigate risks from hurricanes.
Posted: Jun 08, 2021
How to craft thoughtful office reopening plans that balance the needs of the business and team members.
Posted: Jun 07, 2021
New boat sales are on the rise. How can you make sure your boat insurance customers have the proper coverage? Here are a few questions to ask.
Posted: Jun 06, 2021
While the ruling doesn't bring much change to the 22 states that already had protections in place around gender identity and sexual orientation, the other 28 states should expect to see some claims brought that weren’t previously filed.
Posted: Jun 06, 2021
One year after the ruling prohibited workplace discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, agents must make sure commercial clients are taking action to reduce risk.
Posted: Jun 06, 2021
The surge seen in the RV sector is a trend witnessed across the nation. With rates currently at a stable level, opportunities exist for agents who want to capture new customers or focus on rounding out books of business.
Posted: Jun 06, 2021
The surge seen in the RV sector is a trend witnessed across the nation. With rates currently stable, opportunities exist for agents to capture new customers or focus on rounding out books of business.
Posted: Jun 06, 2021
The new policy is designed to be comprehensive by offering features including coverage for claims made against an insured person solely because they happen to be a plan fiduciary.
Posted: Jun 06, 2021