It’s always amazing to me when agents ask me for advice. It is so flattering but if they ever knew that I was just a plain old agent like them, they would be taking their inquiries elsewhere! Then again, as my wife reminds me from time to time, I have bee
Two decades ago, Mark Matrone was on track to be a principal—the teaching kind, not the insurance kind. He may not be teaching fourth grade any longer, but in some respects, he’s back in class.
The recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court means the sweeping health care reform measure, much of which the Big “I” opposed, remains the law of the land. Although Congress may revisit, revise or repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at
By: Volume 109, No. 7
Nary a day passes without news of another crisis embroiling corporate board directors and senior officers. Corrupt executives one day, rogue traders the next. In the wake of the news, management frets and sweats as stock prices swoon, shareholders take to
An insurance agent thinks he has all the answers and no longer needs Ace’s help—until Ace finds a hole in coverage for the agent’s client, a letter service courier. So why didn’t Ace think a general liability policy would be enough to cover the courier if
Congress is currently debating the 2012 Farm Bill, which would spend about $970 billion on federal agriculture and food programs over the next decade and may greatly impact the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP).
As 2012 moves forward, American businesses and workers will be heavily impacted by rising health care costs and continued economic concerns. The general sense of confusion and uncertainty surrounding health care reform may add more worry and financial str
Like many of my fellow boomer agents, later this summer I turn the big 6-0—or the “crossing,” as my older sisters refer to it. 60 is the birthday in which a lot of change takes place, and the upcoming decade is when most people retire and start a new chap
Insuring Nonowned RV Exposures; Golf Course Liability; Golf Course Weather Damage and Business Income Coverage