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From the Email Bag: Employee Benefit Plans 

Due to the dramatic changes in health insurance coverage for small businesses from the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), employers are looking for alternatives to traditional health insurance…

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What’s In a Name?

“That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” ~ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

What Inflation Means for Your Insurance & Business

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions is closely monitoring two types of inflation that may be relevant to your business and E&O insurance: consumer price index inflation and social inflation. In these…

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E&O Audits: They Aren’t Too Scary

The word “audit” tends to make people cringe. For some the thoughts of mean IRS bean counters scrutinizing your finances come to mind. Over the years we have referred to…

A Time of Renewal

Agents must be proactive about prescribing coverage in the virtual world.

The Relationship Between Insurance Agents & Brokers, Defense Counsel & Claims Handlers  

This is an excerpt of a presentation by Sanford (Sandy) Goffstein, J.D. to E&O insurance professionals in May 2015 in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Goffstein has represented Missouri Swiss Re…

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No Such Thing As A Stupid Question

There are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. There is no such thing as a…

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Driving Without a Seatbelt

Protect your customers and yourself by offering uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage.

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