Organic Growth Under Pressure: Agencies Show Weakest Growth Since 2011, Reagan Consulting Reports May 15, 2017 Agencies and brokerage firms reported that their organic growth fell to 3.9 percent in the first quarter of 2017, the...
Surplus Lines Could Meet Your Insured’s Flood Coverage Needs May 15, 2017 By Norma Essary The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been the topic of much debate in recent years, especially with the program...
A Risk Pool of One: How Technology Could Make Insurance Obsolete May 15, 2017 By Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU, ARP Will technology make insurance obsolete?” That was the stark question posed by William Hartnett, a former Microsoft and ACORD executive,...
Top 10 Technical Fouls to Avoid When Filing Environmental Claims May 15, 2017 By Veronica W. Benzinger Benzinger is chief broking officer and managing director at Aon Risk Solutions Environmental Practice. Claims are where the rubber meets...
The Wedge: The Scientific Selling Power of Yes, No and Maybe May 15, 2017 By Randy Schwantz My dad was a fighter pilot. He flew a P-47 Thunderbolt, one of the heaviest fighter planes ever built. The...
Declarations May 15, 2017 Neither Applaud nor Condemn “The legislature’s policies, so long as they are constitutional, are beyond our purview … We neither...
Business Moves May 15, 2017 Validus, Crop Insurance Agency Validus Holdings Ltd. has completed its acquisition of Crop Risk Services business (CRS), a primary crop...
Minding Your Business: Preparing for the Loss of a Producer May 15, 2017 By Catherine Oak and Bill Schoeffler Recently, a client of ours had two producers leave to start their own agency. The impact on the agency was...
As Auto Insurance Sales Stagnate, Carriers Turn to Agents: J.D. Power May 15, 2017 Amid a second straight year of stagnant auto insurance shopping activity and modest rate increases, auto insurance companies have grown...
Ironshore CEO Kelley: Goal Under Liberty Mutual Is to Become Premier Specialty P/C Insurer May 15, 2017 By Mark Hollmer Longtime Ironshore Inc. CEO Kevin Kelley said his company has a genuine shot at becoming a “premier” specialty property/casualty insurance...