July 21, 2025 Specialty Markets Directory, Summer Edition

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National Coverage

• Editor's Note
  Texas Flood
  As of press time, Texas and the world are watching yet another...
• Features
  Marsh Suit Against Alliant Alleges Poaching of Commercial Surety Team, Accounts
  Insurance broker Marsh USA is suing rival Alliant Insurance Services,...
• Features
  Erie Insurance Restores All Operations After Month Outage; Says No Data Breached
  Erie Insurance reports that it has restored full business operations...
• Features
  Tax Increase on Litigation Funders Does Not Make Final Budget Bill
  When Trump's huge tax bill was signed into law July 4, missing were...
• Features
  Big ‘I’ Celebrates Continued Tax Deduction for Many Independent Agents
  The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big "I")...
• Features
  Q2 Composite Personal Lines Rates Up 4.6%; Commercial Up 2.8%
  According to the MarketScout Market Barometer, the composite rate for...
• Features
  Reputation Risk Can Overshadow Ransom in Cyberattacks, Aon Says
  The cost of a cyberattack extends far beyond any immediate mitigation...
• Features
  Reinsurance Renewal Prices Moderate as Capacity Exceeds Cedent Demand: Brokers
  Strong returns in the reinsurance sector are attracting capital and...
• Features
  US Excess & Surplus Lines Growth Slowed Again in 2024; Berkshire, AIG Top Premium Rankings
  A recent analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence reveals that...
• Features
  When Insurance Isn’t the Optimal Risk Management Approach
  On March 14, 2024, I made a blog post titled "Do You Have The Right...
• Features
  Valuation & Terms of Small Books of Business
  We get many calls about valuing small books of business and if it is...
• Features
  Turning Non-Standard Risks into New Revenue: How Agents Can Capitalize on the Specialty Market
  Independent agents could be turning away nearly half of their...
• Features
  Validating Mental Health Claims in Today’s Workforce
  In recent years, there has been a surge in mental health awareness...
• Features
  Behind the Surge: What Cyber Claims Say About the Future of Risk
  The U.S. cyber insurance market witnessed a surge in reported claims,...
• People & Places
  People & Places
  National Jeff Miller rejoined Lockton, headquartered in Kansas City,...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  National ReSource Pro, Propellint ReSource Pro, headquartered in New...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  NOAA Loses Data Source "NOAA's data sources are fully capable of...