Business Moves February 24, 2014 Kemper Corp. Kemper Corp. is realigning its property/casualty business. This realignment will result in one property/casualty segment for financial reporting...
Technology’s Opening a Whole New World of Agent E&O Exposures February 24, 2014 By Amy O'Connor Those in the insurance industry have another errors and omission (E&O) risk to consider these days, and they have technology...
Agribusiness Insurance Segment Stable, Yet Selective February 24, 2014 By Amy O'Connor Crop insurance and farm bill debates have dominated the news headlines and led to uncertainty and frustration for many farm...
P/C Insurers’ Net Income Up 60%, Combined Ratio at 97.6 for 2013: A.M. Best February 24, 2014 A relatively quiet year for catastrophes helped the U.S. property/casualty industry achieved an underwriting profit for the first time in...
Transportation Network Companies, Uber Liability Gap Worry Insurers February 10, 2014 By Don Jergler There’s a growing concern over a gap between personal and commercial insurance where ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft are...
E&O Insights: How Well Do You Know Your Own E&O Policy? February 10, 2014 By Curtis M. Pearsall As many agents know, there are various standards to which they will be held in the event of litigation. There...
How to Attract the Right Underwriter for Transportation Clients February 10, 2014 By Jay Wagoner and Bob Lathrop “There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested...
Garage Liability or Garagekeepers? That Is the Question February 10, 2014 By Kevin O'Connor The terms garage liability and garagekeepers is an issue not only for clients, but most agents and CSRs also find...
Court Dismisses Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg’s Bailout Lawsuit Against New York Fed February 10, 2014 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by former American International Group Inc. CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg...
Declarations February 10, 2014 The Cost “You can talk to anyone who’s lost a friend or family member to a drunk driver and they’ll...