AGENCY PERPETUATION: AGENTS MUST GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD by Brian Burke I would venture to say that 80% of the agencies represented by the readers of this column could reall...

IS AN ESOP FOR YOU? by Angela Bemiss Don't Sweat the Small Stuff . . . and It's All Small Stuff is an enjoyable little book that has spent a long time on the New York Times...

QRPs FOR ALL AGES Qualified Retirement Plans (QRPs) are eligible for tax benefits sanctioned by the Internal Revenue Service. Employers may choose from several qualified plans, with vary...

THE ESOP AS A VEHICLE FOR SELLING AN INTEREST IN AN INSURANCE AGENCY by Francis Willmarth In the early 1960s, Mortimer Adler and Louis Kelso published the Capitalist Manifesto, a...

WORKERS COMP UNDERWRITING TRENDS by David Blessing and Tom McLaughlin At the end of the last decade, most companies weren't focusing on changing their Workers Compensation programs. Prices had ...