States’ Lawsuit Climates Influence Expansion Decisions, Say Businesses September 18, 2017 An all-time high 85 percent of senior business executives at major U.S. companies say a state’s lawsuit environment is likely...
5 Things You Can Do to Double New Business in Your Agency September 18, 2017 By Randy Schwantz An agency owner named John called me up and said in a very sober tone, “We need to double our...
Why Regulators Should Dump Anti-Rebating Laws September 18, 2017 By Richard A. Brown For the commercial property and casualty, and employee benefits segments of the insurance industry, anti-rebating laws are both nonsense and...
Why the Federal Flood Program Is Sinking Deeper into Debt: CBO Report September 18, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson The federal flood insurance program is on a course to continue falling deeper in debt, even when there is no...
Irreplaceable You September 18, 2017 By Donna Gray When you sell insurance policies like every other agency, how can you stand out from the competition? Be irreplaceable. It’s...
Tech Talk: Speed-to-Value and the AI Revolution September 18, 2017 By Tom Wetzel The term “speed-to-value” has been around as a management maxim for decades but is being reborn in the digital age...
Declarations September 18, 2017 Campus Guns “College campuses as gun-free zones present an environment where murderers, rapists and other criminals may commit crimes without...
6 Tips to Consider in a Post-Harvey and Irma Homebuilding Market September 18, 2017 By George Dale The images of familiar places underwater in South Texas and Floria haunt us. The spirit of volunteers risking their lives...
Hurricane Costs Become Talk of Monte Carlo’s Reinsurance Rendezvous September 18, 2017 By Tom Sims As Hurricane Irma battered Florida, the cream of the insurance world — gathered in Monte Carlo — was assessing the...
P/C Direct Premium Written Up 4.5 Percent September 18, 2017 By Douglas A. Powell Direct premium written (DPW) for property/casualty insurance companies continues to increase, albeit gradually. At year-end 2016, approximately $606 billion of...