Articles by Jeanne Hotchkiss

Jeanne Hotchkiss is communications director at MarketStance (www.marketstance.com) E-mail: jhotchkiss@marketstance.com , Phone: 860-704-6391.

Overlooked Heavy Construction Segment Includes Significant Small Firm Opportunity

Louisiana, Washington Rank High for Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction Business Within the broader construction industry sector, heavy and civil engineering construction (NAICS 237) is an often overlooked segment. Yet the segment generates more than $7.6 billion in all lines …

Cafeterias Cooking Up Explosive Sales, Expansion in Restaurant Market

There are more than a half million enterprises in the restaurant and bars market generating approximately $5.5 billion in all lines premium. This is a sector that has enjoyed generally solid to exceptional growth in sales and employment in recent …

Oil and Gas Extraction Market Holds Solid Potential

While the oil and gas market can be seen as including pipeline and distribution operations, petroleum and petroleum product wholesalers, fuel oil dealers and even gas stations, the dominant North American Industry Classification System class in this sector is arguably …

BOP Opportunities Abound in Fla., Ga., N.C., Texas and Wash.

The U.S. business owners policy (BOP) market consists of nearly 21 million enterprises and produces more than $20 billion in premiums. Within this broad market sector, 44 percent of the premium opportunity is concentrated in 10 classes which are predominately …

Dramatic Changes in State Building Trends Could Prompt Rise in Losses

As the financial and housing markets continue to work their way through the fallout of the mortgage lending meltdown, the construction sector faces its share of woes. But as is typically the case, specific conditions — and the resulting insurance …