Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Investopedia / Ellen Lindner A captive agent is an insurance professional who exclusively ...
Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Bobby L. Hickman is a longtime business and financial journalist who brings decades of ...
If you're a captive agent and you've been thinking about going independent, you're not alone. Many agents in the business with moderate success often get that itch for more control, better commissions ...
The new Department of Labor fiduciary proposal is nearly 500 pages and has a lot of details. But the biggest fight is going to come down to how agents are regulated – and that goes for both ...
Volvo Car Financial Services U.S. is now in the business of more than just booking retail installment sales contracts and vehicle leases. On Wednesday, the captive announced the launch of Volvo Car ...
Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) and a leading provider of business insurance, employee health and benefits, retirement and wealth, and private client insurance solutions ...
The article encourages consumers to think beyond agent type and focus on whether the relationship supports evolving needs and thorough review. The article, Independent vs. Captive Insurance Agents: ...
The Supreme Court rarely hears tax cases which makes the recent oral arguments in CIC Services v IRS exciting. That is about all that makes them exciting to ordinary mortals as what was going on at ...
The question of whether captive agents are independent contractors or employees of an insurance company is at the heart of a class action lawsuit filed against several GEICO companies. The suit ...
Insurance agents have been eyeing the Golden Arches lately -- not for the food, but the protection its franchisees enjoy. Fast-food restaurants that sell franchises can't summarily tell their ...
The measures taken by the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (the “DFR”) in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been extended through 2021. These include a recognition that ...