Articles by IAT Insurance Group

Navigating Change in the Excess & Surplus Contract Binding Market

This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. In the latest episode of What’s Brewing, Ben McDonald, Vice President of Underwriting for IAT’s Excess & Surplus Contract Binding Division, and Claire Rinker, Senior Underwriter, discuss the …

9 Changes to FMCSA’s CSA Scoring: What you need to know

This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is revamping its Compliance, Safety and Accountability system to consolidate violations, simplify severity weights, update intervention thresholds — and more. At …

Social Inflation’s Impact on Insurance in 2025

This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Social inflation is not a new phenomenon, but its effects are becoming more pronounced across the insurance industry. In Episode 11 of What’s Brewing, Chris Accetta, VP of …

Pathway to a Surety Career

This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding career in the financial industry? Surety might be the Answer. In episode 12 of What’s Brewing, we explore the world …

ECM Theft Is Skyrocketing—Here’s How to Stay Ahead

This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Late at night in the Fall of last year, thieves stole 13 ECM units from a fleet of commercial trucks in Chicago. While cameras recorded the theft, nobody …

Management Liability Insights for 2025: The changing landscape of employment claims

This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. The post-pandemic workplace has brought significant changes to the employment liability landscape. Disability discrimination and retaliation claims have emerged as some of the most complex and frequent issues, …

Is This Episode a Deepfake? – What’s Brewing Podcast (Episode 9)

This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. In this special episode of the What’s Brewing Podcast by IAT Insurance Group, VP of Product, Underwriting and Compliance Chris Accetta and Senior Product Manager David Geller discuss …

New Law in New Hampshire Creates Private Right of Action For Victims of Deepfakes

This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. There’s been no shortage of examples in recent years of how deepfake technology can be used in alarming ways: Fraudsters recently posed as a multinational company’s CFO over …

What is Strategic Cargo Theft? – What’s Brewing Podcast (Episode 6)

This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. In this episode, Peter Matthews, SVP of Commercial Truck, and Jared Fritts, Loss Control Specialist, tackle the issue of Strategic Cargo Theft – what it is, how it …

Management Liability in the Post-COVID Era – What’s Brewing Podcast (Episode 5)

This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. In this episode, John Passaro, EVP of Management Liability, discusses trends that impacted Management Liability in the post-COVID era – like PPP loans, corporate governance, upticks in ADA …