More Super Regional P/C Carriers Ready to Dive Into Specialty Lines September 17, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson There’s Opportunity in Unusual and Emerging Risks, Sullivan Tells Carriers The current economic and business wave presents property/casualty insurance carriers...
Business Moves September 17, 2018 Hub International, Kilbride & Harris Insurance Services Hub International Ltd., a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Kilbride...
A CEO Needs to Be Authentic, Optimistic and Resilient: PartnerRe’s Clarke September 17, 2018 By L.S. Howard When PartnerRe acquired SAFR in 1997, it expanded its scope of business, moving quickly from being a monoline catastrophe reinsurer...
High Customer Expectations Leads to New Challenges for Insurance Satisfaction September 17, 2018 By Robert M. Lajdziak Record high customer satisfaction among auto insurance customers is clearly good news for customers, especially at a time when their...
Best Tech Ways for Agents to Get the ‘Message’ Out September 17, 2018 By Tom Wetzel 2018 has turned out to be the year of the text message. For agents, that reality presents a challenge that...
Cannabis: Striking a Balance Between Federal and State Laws September 17, 2018 By Patrick Wraight Currently, 30 states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of cannabis in some form. Some states restrict...
Agencies Focus on Growing Larger Accounts: Channel Harvest Survey September 17, 2018 Independent agents and brokers are focusing on growing the average size of their commercial lines accounts, according to “Agent Voices...
San Francisco May Screen Insurers for Their Fossil Fuels Investments September 17, 2018 By Don Jergler The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has become what is believed to be the first U.S. municipal body to try...
NFIP’s Florence Exposure Tops $50B, But Millions Lack Coverage September 16, 2018 By R.J. Lehmann As flash flooding from Hurricane Florence continues to wreak catastrophic damage across the Carolinas from Wilmington to Asheville, the National...
Super Typhoon Mangkhut Targets China After Killing More Than 50 in Philippines September 16, 2018 By James Pomfret and Enrico Dela Cruz A super typhoon made landfall in China’s Guangdong on Sunday, the country’s most populous province, after wreaking havoc in Hong...