Personal income growth in Kansas is below the national average largely because of troubles in agriculture. Kansas farmers face an expanding drought and low commodity prices, though a break in an ongoing tariff dispute may bring those prices up. Agriculture …
Retailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states where the drug remains illegal and, as Illinois prepares to joins the recreational market on Jan. 1, officials are renewing warnings …
Collins Community Credit Union is launching Collins Insurance, a partnership with West Des Moines, Iowa-based, independent insurance agency, Coverage Direct. This partnership will provide Collins Community Credit Unions members with direct access to independent insurance options, including affinity discounts, from …
St. Louis, Missouri-based POWERS Insurance & Risk Management has hired Kathy Pallarito as a personal lines manager. Pallarito has over 25 years of sales, customer service, and marketing experience in the insurance industry. In her new position, she will assist …
Warning sirens failed to sound before a tornado struck a north Alabama community last week, killing two people, but officials said it probably wouldn’t have mattered even if they had. The area where an EF-2 tornado hit near Town Creek …
Police in Battle Creek, Michigan are enforcing a local ban on the use of a handheld phone while driving. The prohibition has been on the books for months, but signs recently went up at Battle Creek’s city entry points. Police …
Some Texans will have new consumer protections against surprise medical bills when a new law becomes effective on Jan. 1, the Texas Department of Insurance reported. Patients get surprise medical bills when they get care from a doctor, lab, or …
The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has posted on its website a summary of operational and policy changes that go into effect in 2020 as a result of new laws passed in 2019 by the state’s Legislature. Following are changes set …
A West Virginia coal miner died while working at a Murray Energy mine, Gov. Jim Justice’s office said Tuesday. Raymond Leonard Starkey Jr., 21, of New Martinsville, was fatally injured Monday while helping to repair a beltline at the Marshall …
During the course of a year, Insurance Journal columnists, consultants and other writers dispense countless words of wisdom on how to be a better and more successful professional insurance agent. If you are a veteran insurance agent — or an …