A View From The Press Box

Thanks to the Senate rule requiring a 60-vote super-majority to get any bill to a vote, this country has become virtually ungovernable. Is it time to do away with, or at least modify the fillibuster rules that has brought the federal government to a political standstill? Read the rest of this entry »

They say the first step in solving a problem is admitting you have one. If that’s true, then insurers took a giant leap by confronting their reputational troubles during a recent conference. Read the rest of this entry »

Times have changed, even when serving jury duty. It used to be that all the judge had to do was warn jurors not to read about the case to which they were assigned in the newspapers, listen to any reports about it on radio or watch any related discussion on TV. The multimedia world holds far greater threats to jury impartiality these days! Read the rest of this entry »

I posted my first video on NU’s Web site today, part of a monthly series of interviews on “Serving The Modern Consumer” with the top execs at Astonish Results, talking about digital marketing for independent agents. Check it out at http://property-casualty.com/astonish/Pages/default.aspx, and read on for more about this fascinating firm. Read the rest of this entry »