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Learn how to collaborate with carriers to get the right coverage and minimize the risk of coinsurance penalties ..read more
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An agency is getting regular requests from homeowners associations (HOAs) to list the HOA as an additional insured on its tenants’ renters insurance policies. However, the carriers will only list the HOAs as certificate holders or additional interests ..read more
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The legislation would establish national standards for data privacy and security, requiring certain entities to be transparent about how they use data and give consumers the right to access, correct, delete and export their data ..read more
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Independent insurance agents have an opportunity to proactively help customers consider the value of a workers compensation policy beyond price—before they learn the hard way ..read more
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The Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule that will subject the financial services industry to new requirements designed to protect retirement investors from receiving bad or self-interested investment advice ..read more
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Independent insurance agents who are considering the impact of the new regulation on their agencies and firms should consider some of the rule’s key elements and certain revisions that were incorporated in the final text ..read more
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There were 155 announced insurance agency mergers & acquisitions in the first quarter of 2024, down 18% from 188 in the same period in 2023 ..read more
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Sen. Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota), spoke to Big “I” members on the importance of keeping insurance state-regulated, the impacts of inflation, and the inevitability of artificial intelligence (AI ..read more
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Abigail Whorton, the recipient of this year’s Herndon First-Timer Scholarship Award, is a second-generation insurance agent ..read more
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This week, at the 2024 Big “I" Legislative Conference, the Big "I" presented the annual InsurPac National Championship, Eagle awards and the 2023 Bernard J. Burns Award ..read more