Auto Insurance Affordability Improves in Most States: IRC September 7, 2015 Personal auto insurance has become more affordable over time for all income groups, including low-to-moderate income groups, and in most...
Business Moves September 7, 2015 Distinguished, Fulcrum Distinguished Programs Holdings LLC announced the pending acquisition of Bellevue, Wash.-based Fulcrum Insurance Programs. The businesses will be...
10 Drivers of Surplus Lines Growth September 7, 2015 By Andrea Wells Times are good for surplus lines professionals. The surplus lines industry reached new heights in 2014, growing direct premium written...
Survey Examines Agents’ Views of Agency Aggregators September 7, 2015 About a quarter of independent insurance agents say they work at a firm that belongs to an aggregator cluster. But...
S&P: U.S. Insurers Cautious to Respond to Soaring Cyber Demand September 7, 2015 Standard & Poor’s predicts a major jump in demand for cyber insurance in the coming years, with interest initially outstripping...
Repeating Mistakes September 7, 2015 By Andrea Wells Lloyd’s international casualty reinsurance underwriters are running the risk of repeating the same mistakes that have placed the market in...
Dressing Up for the Wedding: Book of Business, Part 2 September 7, 2015 By Bill Schoeffler and Catherine Oak You can’t take it with you. Every business owner will eventually “sell” his or her business. It can either be...
Managers as Employee Engagement Ambassadors September 7, 2015 By David Coons Faced with an aging workforce, a shortage of incoming talent and an unemployment rate hovering around 2 percent, the insurance...
What to Know About Insurance Company Financial Status September 7, 2015 By Chris Burand I recently listened to an insurance company executive give a discombobulated, “woe is me” speech to a room of agents...
Hurricane Katrina: Every Number Tells a Story September 7, 2015 By Stephanie K. Jones In a 25-year span leading up to 2005, homeowners insurers in Louisiana wrote a total of $13 billion in homeowners...