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| In the article Personal Beliefs + Corporate Culture Produce Unethical Behavior researchers Scott Reynolds (Associate professor of business ethics at the Univ. of Wash Foster School of Business) seems to indicate that corporate culture has a very strong effect on the ethical/non-ethical behavior of people within the corporation. He goes on to say, “Every year that goes by, I’m more convinced that most people are operating on automatic pilot,” he says. “And when these gnarly ethical issues come across their desk, they don’t see them as ethical issues at all. They see them as the way the job is done.” NAAFA is challenging you to “get out of this box” and begin to recognize that an ethical decision is ALWAYS required. Challenge, question, and then decide which route you are willing to take. | 10/8/10 | |
| Where
is American Family in the Market Force Information Survey? According to this survey, Allstate, State Farm and Geico have the best reputations. |
10/2/10 | |
| The New Weiss Rating for American Family (B-) In addition, here is a link to the Ward Group's list of the top 50 property/casualty insurance companies for 2010. Please note that AmFam is missing from this one. 8/21/2010 | 8/21/10 | |
| 5
Ways to Ensure Mediocrity in your Organization! This article was written by Liz Ryan, an expert on the new-millennium workplace and a former Fortune 500 HR executive, brings out “5 of the most insulting leadership practices, the ones that virtually guarantee a business will end up with the most self-esteem challenged, optionless team members when the dust settles.” Agents aren’t employees at AmFam, but some feel they are often treated as such. Read this article and see if you detect anything familiar! |
6/1/10 | |
| Bests Rating gives American Family an A with a negative outlook rating across the board as of April 2010. Click here to view the ratings for each of their companies! 5/16/2010 | 5/16/10 | |
| Jersey
Shore' Scares Off Another Sponsor | TMZ.com! AmFam shows discretion by finally removing their sponsorship of "questionable" TV program. Perhaps agents should be asked to approve AmFam's selections before the company is allowed to advertise because sponsorships such as this are an embarrassment to the agency force! |
1/2/10 | |
| Protect
your Privacy on Facebook and Twitter! Participating in Facebook and Twitter continue be a threat to people who innocently post their thoughts and opinions, not realizing how “public” everything they write is there for the entire world to see. Perhaps you will “think again” after reading Tony Bradley’s attached article. 10/3/2009 |
10/3/09 | |
| How the Mighty Fall! Author Jim Collins has recently come out with a book that might interest our readers entitled “How the Mighty Fall and why some companies Never Give In.” We suggest our readers to listen to the video clip of Jim Collins giving his “5 steps to the destruction of corporations” and perhaps formulate your own ideas on the application of his research and wisdom. | 9/10/09 | |
| Do You Really Want to Join AmFam’s FACEBOOK Page? | 7/11/09 | |
| 1/23/09 | ||
And
the company wonders why they are losing so many customers and retention
is bad? Their own JD Powers study tells it like it is!
Click
here to read the full article. |
12/17/08 | |
| Results of NAAFA Survey Regarding Loss of income! | 6/15/08 | |
| Breaking News Archive | ||
| In Memory of Wayne Barber! | 3/8/09 | |
| Why do your clients want you as their insurance agent! | 10/20/10 | |
| Zurich Settles Class Action $455M! | 10/7/10 | |
| Senate Extends Flood Ins for 1 Year! | 10/2/10 | |
| Poor Service Leads to Fraudulent Ins Claims! | 10/2/10 | |
| Supreme Court Justices May Weigh Obama Conquest! | 4/2/10 | |
| Credit Scoring Alternatives examined by Some Insurers! | 12/18/09 | |
| Car Insurance Rates Dropped in 2009! | 12/11/09 | |
| California Agents Win Case Against State Farm! | 11/13/09 | 3 States Accuse FedEx of Misclassifying Drivers as Indep. Contractors! | 10/31/09 |
| Allstate to agents: Bulk up! | 10/10/09 | |
| IRS to Audit 6000 Companies to Test for Employment Tax Compliance! | 10/3/09 | |
| Allstate to Pay $4.5 M to settle EEOC! | 9/19/09 | |
| Insurance Legislation Surges This Year In Congress, Legislatures! | 9/19/09 | |
| Can You Sue Your CEO? | 8/29/09 | |
| Michigan Court Upholds Ban on Credit Scoring in Insurance! | 8/1/09 | |
| Need for Federal Insurance Czar is Questioned! | 7/11/09 | |
| Truly Listening to What Agents Have to Say! | 6/30/09 | |
| Northwestern Mutual sued for $200 million! | 6/30/09 | |
| Financial Crises is Biggest Risk Facing Insurance Market! | 6/24/09 | |
| Protect Yourself from Insurance Fraud! | 6/9/09 | |
| Life At American Family is Not At All Fun Anymore! | 6/6/09 | |
| Study: Insurers’ Customer Retention Critical in Hard Economic Times! | 5/2/09 | |
| Troubled Insurance Industry is Making Changes to Confront Critical Issues! | 5/2/09 | |
| THE INFLUENCE GAME: Insurers eye new regulator! | 4/25/09 | |
| The End of Private Health Insurance! | 4/18/09 | |
| Say What You Mean: Character, Integrity, and Independent Agents! | 4/11/09 | |
| AM Best Revised AmFam to Negative! | 3/28/09 | |
| American Family Mut Ins Co 2008 Profile! | 3/7/09 | |
| Midwest Storms Batter American Family! | 3/6/09 | |
| American Family Reports Losses of Nearly $300 Million! | 3/3/09 | |
| State Farm Sees Record Drop in Net Worth! | 2/28/09 | |
| Allstate Cuts Dividend in Half, Ending 14 Year Streak! | 2/28/09 | |
| American Family to Add 46 Jobs in Peoria! | 2/28/09 | |
| AmFam One of Nine Homeowner Insurers Subpoenaed Over Use of Credit Scores! | 1/23/09 | |
| Miracles Do Happen! | 12/13/08 | |
| AIG restricts Exec Compensation, CEO gets a Dollar! | 11/29/08 | |
| AIG to Terminate Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plans! | 11/29/08 | |
| Top 5 Reasons Why "The Customer is Always Right" is wrong! | 11/22/08 | |
| Treasury Dept Worries Insurers on Verge of Collapse! | 11/15/08 | |
| Insurance Industry Faces a New Political Reality! | 11/8/08 | |
| Agent Alert! AmFam Director Slams Agents and Plus System! | 10/10/08 | |
| Social Security Benefits to Go Up by Larger-than-Usual Amount! | 10/8/08 | |
| Ten Worst Insurance Companies! | 9/6/08 | |
| Liberty Mutual Buys Safeco! | 4/24/08 | |
| Federally Regulated Insurance? | 4/5/08 | |
| Performance Based Exec Pay? | 3/23/08 | |
| Farmers Ins Coming to Wisconsin | 2/9/08 | |
| Colorado House Votes Against Credit Score Ban | 1/31/08 | |
| AF Fires Top Financial Officer | 1/26/08 | |
| Just A Quick Thought | 1/26/08 | |
| Credit Scoring Class Action | 1/26/08 | |
| Recent News Items Archive | ||
| Michigan Court Upholds Ban on Credit Scoring in Insurance! | 9/02/08 | |
| Florida Insurance Salesman’s Shoe Found in Stomach of Slain Bear! | 8/30/08 | |
| American National Hit With $66M Jury Award! | 8/16/08 | |
| Farmers Adds Pets to Auto Policies! | 8/9/08 | |
| AmFam Wins 1st Place in Insurance Journal’s 2008 Super Regional P/C Insurers! | 7/7/08 | |
| Do Gas Prices Drive Auto Insurance Rates Up? | 7/7/08 | |
| State Regulators Call for More Study of Credit Scoring Use in Insurance! | 6/7/08 | |
| State Farm Faces Class Action Law Suit! | 5/23/08 | |
| State Farm Leads in Customer Satisfaction | 2/23/08 | |
| New Study Shows Investors View Securities Arbitration as Biased and Unfair! | 5/5/08 | |