Insurance Journal
By William Rabb When Matt Sutika, CEO of Nimble Insurance in Sarasota, Florida, heard that the agency had been named one of the best agencies to work for in the Southeast, he said it validated so much that he and …
Posted: Nov 16, 2025
Who is responsible for sales management in most firms? Often the task falls to the owner or the top producer. This is not necessarily a good idea because sales management can take away time from the manager’s own sales efforts. …
Posted: Nov 16, 2025
By Jahna Jacobson Employers and employees see safety issues and solutions differently, and open communication could be the easy solution, according to a recent report. When comparing findings from Pie Insurance’s 2025 State of Small Business Wo...
Posted: Nov 16, 2025
By Ezra Amacher When a new hire accepts a position at Phelan Insurance Agency, senior management send them a “welcome” personal note. When the employee arrives for their first week of work, they’re met with a welcome basket that tar...
Posted: Nov 16, 2025
By Jahna Jacobson A happy, supported team means happy, supported clients. And happy clients mean success. “At G&G, we’ve learned that the best way to attract and retain talent is to create an environment where people can see a clear &...
Posted: Nov 16, 2025
By Jahna Jacobon Outstanding leadership can create a winning culture. A winning culture grows a successful team. Rancho Mesa Insurance Services Inc. employees laud its leadership for fostering a collaborative, dynamic, and positive environment, makin...
Posted: Nov 16, 2025
Last November, I gathered 20 members of my team for a surprise field trip. We traveled by bus from our lower Manhattan office to City Harvest’s Food Rescue Center in Long Island City, where we packed more than 1,000 bags …
Posted: Nov 16, 2025
Medical costs per claim have begun to rise following a period of relative stability post-pandemic, a new report shows. A new Workers Compensation Research Institute report shows medical payments per claim recently started increasing, fueled by an inc...
Posted: Nov 16, 2025
Self-insured retentions (SIRs) are a common tool used by insureds to control claims, but many times they just aren’t sucient to prevent a bad settlement. How often do agents hear insureds complain about an insurer settling a case that could ...
Posted: Nov 16, 2025
At the recent Target Markets Annual Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona, a gathering of 2,000 MGAs, program administrators and carrier executives, Insurance Journal sat down with Abbie Taylor, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Jackson...
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials said. The announcement follows harsh cr...
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
A grandfather and his young granddaughter. An electrician with two young children. A woman standing in line at a scrap metal business. They were among the 14 people who died in the fiery crash of a UPS plane in Louisville …
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
A group of coal miners with lung disease waited too late to sue 3M Corp. and other respirator manufacturers and suppliers, the Supreme Court of West Virginia said this month in upholding lower courts’ findings that the statute of limitation ...
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public board meeting next week to determine the probable cause of the contact of the containership Dali with the Francis Scott Key Bridge and subsequent bridge collapse. NTSB’s board is expec...
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
John Neal’s tenure at American International Group (AIG) is over before it began. The former CEO of Lloyd’s of London and AIG reached a “mutual agreement” that he would not join the company due to “personal circumstances...
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
John Neal’s tenure at American International Group (AIG) is over before it began. The former CEO of Lloyd’s of London and AIG reached a “mutual agreement” that he would not join the company due to “personal circumstances...
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
Insurers paid £197 million (US$259.2 million) in cyber claims in 2024 for UK businesses – a 230% increase, or £138 million (US$181.6 million) more than in 2023, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Malware and ransomware alone acco...
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
The British Broadcasting Corp. issued a formal apology to Donald Trump on Thursday over the misleading edit of the US president’s speech in a documentary program late last year, but rejected his demands for compensation. BBC Chairman Samir Shah...
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
BBVA SA is reviewing its insurance partnership in Turkey as its current agreement with Eureko Sigorta AS is set to expire, according to people familiar with the matter. BBVA is considering various options including a new partnership for its local ...
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
BHP is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, London’s High Court ruled on Friday, in a lawsuit the claimants’ lawyers previously valued at up to 36 billion pounds ($48 billion). Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians,...
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press freedom. …
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
Chevron Corp. chose West Texas as the site of its first project to provide natural gas-fired power to a data center, the beginning of a new line of business for the oil giant to capitalize on the boom in artificial …
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
A Wisconsin man accused of trying to burn down a congressman’s office earlier this year because he was upset over the federal TikTok ban has pleaded no contest to felony arson. Caiden Stachowicz, 20, of Menasha, entered the plea Monday …
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
As part of the spending deal to end the government shutdown, federal lawmakers approved a provision cracking down on hemp products containing THC, restoring a ban Texas Republicans sought to impose earlier this year. The funding package, passed by th...
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
Jack Morris treasures his 2009 Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640. But it’s not always easy to love. “It’s huge, it’s heavy, it’s clunky, you can’t see out of it,” says the 24-year-old of the orange V-12. “O...
Posted: Nov 14, 2025