A plurality of insurance agencies expect their revenue for 2011 to mirror that of the prior year, according to the latest IFAwebnews.com poll.

Business revenue at the halfway point of the year is worst than last year for more than half of the respondents in the latest IFAwebnews.com poll.

In an era of shrinking coffers, government seldom thinks like business: trim expenses. It seems that every government “service” is essential. So it should come as no surprise that the answer is to increase revenues by raising tax rates or instituting additional taxes, a luxury that businesses do not have.

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart defended staffing the state’s new captive insurance bureau without requesting bids or conducting a formal search before a joint legislative panel.

While overall customer service by insurance providers is remaining steady this year versus last, a new study shows the industry is performing well in phone customer service, but lagging in web customer experience.

Delaware’s insurance commissioner is lauding her state’s efforts to add eight new captive insurers in the last six months of 2009, resulting in a 20% increase in the number of captives from a year earlier.

The nation’s bank holding companies’ total insurance revenue remained steady for the first half of the year compared to the same period last year.