Which of These Competitors Should You Worry About? September 21, 2015 By Alan L. Shulman Just like everything else in the world, insurance sales competitors change with the times. Some are well-financed operations with a...
Declarations September 21, 2015 Hiring Miss Cleo “Miss Cleo does have quite the folk hero cast to her, and it was an interesting choice...
How Big Is Cyber Risk? September 21, 2015 By Andrea Wells Cyber risk is costing the global economy $445 billion annually, $108 billion of which comes from the U.S., according to...
Business Moves September 21, 2015 RT Specialty, A.J. Renner & Associates R-T Specialty LLC (RT Specialty), the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group LLC,...
Building Relationships vs. Pushing Transactions September 21, 2015 By Tom Wetzel Most agents work hard to maintain strong relationships with clients, however, all too often business gets in the way. Agents...
Construction Defect Analysis for Occurrence and Manifestation Occurrence Form Policies September 21, 2015 By Dwight M. Kealy The commercial general liability (CGL) policy is the standard insurance policy used for construction liability risks. Because of this, a...
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...
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...
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...
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...