General Insurance Topics

When Rashida Tlaib, Democrat candidate for 13th Congressional District, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, won her bid for the U.S. House of Representatives, she described to her constituents she would be going to the Congress to [read more…]

Introduction In an article written several months ago titled “A Brief Summary of Evolution of Casualty Insurance,” the author suggested the old adage of “necessity being the mother of invention” as being a driving force [read more…]

During my 42 year career as an insurance agent, I heard several insurance claims adjusters say, “This claim settlement would be so much easier if the client would just hire an attorney.” It always struck [read more…]

I was having lunch the other day with two of my brothers-in-law when the subject of purchasing car and homeowner insurance online came up. The one, a retired chief of police from a large metropolitan [read more…]

Here is a true story, shared to emphasis importance of paying attention to policy dates. It was early afternoon while having an interview with a client in my office when we heard sirens wailing their [read more…]

What one thinks should be covered by insurance and what is actually covered was recently highlighted when a Minnesota woman boating on Christmas lake in the  “Land of 10,000 lakes” lost a portion of her [read more…]

It is an amazing and sobering phenomenon happening now with so many using social media to get their moments of entertainment and information. Even in the small town I live in it is impossible to [read more…]

Sometimes the ah-hah moments of our lives come at the most unexpected times. Such was the case for my eyes being opened to how intertwined the various cogs of our economy are. I was standing [read more…]

It is an amazing story of entrepreneurial vision behind the meteoric ascent of this company which went from a frustration of not being able to get a taxi in Paris late one evening in March [read more…]

Several natural events which occur without any preventable possibility on man’s part are so large in their magnitude, insurance companies have by contract specifically excluded them from coverage. One need only look at this last [read more…]