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Hold-harmless agreements
We have always advised our general-contractor clients to have their subcontractors sign a hold-harmless agreement. Recently, we were told that......
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Subrogation receipts, ’loan receipts’
Could you give us a brief refresher course on subrogation receipts and what it means when our insured signs one?...
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Binding restrictions
I recently spoke with my underwriter and discovered that the insurance carrier has suspended my binding authority. This suspension occurred......
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Company seeking agents’ business data
What is the propriety of a company asking our agency to share with it information about the business we write with other companies?...
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Carrier website agency agreements
Quite often when a carrier updates their website, there appears to be a contract or agreement that we must accept before advancing in their......
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Book of business owner
In a carrier-agency relationship, does the book of business (client names, policy information, and expirations) that the agency submits to the......
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Binding authority
I have been getting notifications from my carriers all suspending my binding authority because of the storm that is coming. Can they just suspend......
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FTC ban on non-competes
Is the U.S. Federal Trade Commission still enforcing a nationwide non-compete ban?...