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Alliant Top 5 on Business Insurance’s World’s Largest Brokers List

Alliant has earned the #5 position on Business Insurance’s 100 Largest Brokers of U.S. Business the #5 ranking on Business Insurance’s list of the 100 Largest Brokers of U.S. Business and has moved up three spots to #5 globally on the World's 10...

Agents vs. Algorithms? Why AI still needs human advisors in insurance – Insurance News

Artificial intelligence, or 'AI,' has become a leading buzzword in the insurance industry, but not all insurance companies are feeling the pressure or buying into the hype. According to Tanner Hackett, founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based MGU Counterpart, appetite for AI in insurance varies...

Then and Now: URM Stores warehouse

United Retail Merchants, now called URM Stores, was founded in 1921 to supply independent grocery stores across the Northwest. After more than a century in business,...

FSB launches free seminar series for small businesses

Farmers State Bank (FSB) is launching a free, four-week program designed to provide entrepreneurs and small business owners with tools and information to build sustainable operations. The program, “From the Ground Up – A Small Business Series,” will be held on Mondays from Sept....

Brown & Brown completes Risk Strategies, One80 buy

Brown & Brown said Friday it has completed its $9.83 billion purchase of Accession Risk Management Group, the parent company of retailer Risk Strategies Co. and wholesaler One80 Intermediaries. The brokerage announced the deal in June. It’s the largest in its long history of...

Current developments in S corporations

Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code governs S corporations and their shareholders.1 Over the 12–month period ending March 2025 covered by this article, several court cases and items of IRS guidance had a bearing on S corporations, with implications for their tax...