The end of each year brings many tax planning opportunities for financial advisors and their clients, and according to Jeff Levine, Kitces.com’s lead financial planning nerd and Buckingham Wealth Partners’ chief planning officer, late 2023 is no exception. Speaking during...
Article 0 Comments After a costly 2023 severe convective storm season in the US, reinsurers underwriting in the regional property catastrophe market are skeptical about providing frequency cover, but their overall appetite remains healthy,...
Article 0 Comments Sherri Gjermo, CEO of Greater Insurance Service Inc., is the second generation of leadership in the family business. And the third generation is already waiting in the wings. Founded in 1974,...
by Stephen Applebaum and Alan Demers — Too many headlines contain wild hyperbole meant to grab readers’ attention while also conveying the enthusiasm of the author. In particular, the word “transformation” has been severely...
Article 0 Comments Rusty Reid joined Higginbotham as the independent insurance agency’s twelfth employee in 1986. Today, about 2,800 of the company’s employees serve thousands of customers at more than 100 offices across 16...
Article 0 Comments OFFEYVILLE, Kan. (AP) – A Kansas refinery has agreed to pay more than $23 million for violating the federal Clean Air Act and breaching a 2012 settlement for earlier pollution problems,...
Article 0 Comments CHICAGO (AP) – Federal safety officials investigating a Chicago commuter train crash that injured nearly 40 people when it slammed into snow-removal equipment are focusing on a “design problem” with its...
Real-World Effects Among the witnesses to speak at the hearing was Patrick Yoes, a retired Louisiana law enforcement officer and national president of the Fraternal Order of Police. He was joined by a trio...
Article 0 Comments Lockton Dunning Promotes Idoux to President Lockton Dunning, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., named Steve Idoux president. Current president Bruce Sammis is retiring from the top leadership post at the end...
You may want to remind clients that including a gift under their will or revocable living trust or naming a charity as a beneficiary of their non-probate assets present alternate avenues to advance the mission...
