What to Know About Insurance Company Financial Status September 7, 2015 By Chris Burand I recently listened to an insurance company executive give a discombobulated, “woe is me” speech to a room of agents...
Insurers Look to Cyber, M&A Coverage as Prices Decline: Marsh September 7, 2015 Commercial insurance rates continued their global decline in the second quarter of 2015, a trend driven by an abundance of...
Managers as Employee Engagement Ambassadors September 7, 2015 By David Coons Faced with an aging workforce, a shortage of incoming talent and an unemployment rate hovering around 2 percent, the insurance...
Marketers Have Lost Control of Insurance Buying Process September 7, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson After careers spent crafting and controlling their companies’ messaging to customers, insurance marketing and advertising professionals have lost control. Customers...
Dressing Up for the Wedding: Book of Business, Part 2 September 7, 2015 By Bill Schoeffler and Catherine Oak You can’t take it with you. Every business owner will eventually “sell” his or her business. It can either be...
MGAs Next to Feel Impact of Capital Markets: AmWINS’ DeCarlo September 7, 2015 Now that traditional reinsurers are adjusting to the idea that third-party capital providers have moved into their space, managing general...
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...