10 Things to Know About Umbrella Coverage June 20, 2016 There is no “standard” umbrella. — Christopher J. Boggs, vice president of education, Insurance Journal Academy of Insurance Agents should...
Risks Ahead: Food Recalls and Nanotechnology June 20, 2016 By Kevin McPoyle Quick Quiz: What do baby spinach, raw cashew pieces, barbecue sauce, fish batter mix, marzipan, ice cream, packaged salads, dried...
Tech to Detect Fraud June 20, 2016 By Andrea Wells Fraudsters are more often caught by tip-offs and complaints, management review, accidentally, suspicious superiors and internal audits than by use...
Commercial Insurance Pricing Inched Up in Q1: Willis Towers Watson June 20, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson Commercial insurance prices increased only a bit in aggregate (less than 1 percent) during the first quarter of 2016, according...
New Construction Certification Aims to Specialize the Specialist June 20, 2016 The construction risk is one of the toughest categories of businesses to insure. Insurance professionals are vulnerable from the first...
Using Agency Employees to Improve Leadership June 20, 2016 By Catherine Oak and William Schoeffler Jr. In today’s business climate innovations in technology and systems have upended communication, payroll and record keeping. Even with these drastic...
Business Moves June 20, 2016 CMS, Diversified Professional Risk Managers CMS LLC, an insurance wholesaler based in Melville, N.Y., has acquired Diversified Professional Risk Managers...
P/C Insurers Continue to See Slow Premium Growth and Rising Loss Ratios June 6, 2016 For U.S. property/casualty insurers, net written premium still grew in 2015, but the rate of expansion is slowing, and the...
P/C Commercial Insurance Business Expected to Deteriorate June 6, 2016 Underwriting performance for the commercial lines sector of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry is likely to deteriorate in 2016,...
Program Development: Time to Create Movement in the Industry June 6, 2016 Recently, differing opinion articles have been published about trends in the insurance industry. They range from the “have to have”...