February 7, 2022 Agents of the Year Emerging Markets

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In this Issue

• Features
  Texas Sues Google Over Local Radio Ads for Its Smartphones
  Texas' attorney general on Jan. 19 sued Google, alleging the company...
• Features
  Louisiana Court Disbars Attorney Who Allegedly Mishandled Claims Case
  The Louisiana Supreme Court has disbarred a Lafayette attorney...

National Coverage

• Features
  10 Emerging Risks to Watch
  Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes and a few...
• Editor's Note
  ‘The New Collars’
  One positive trend that could help fill the insurance talent gap is...
• Features
  Insurance Agency M&As Jumped 30% in 2021: OPTIS
  There were 1,034 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions...
• Features
  World’s First Crypto Mortgage? Homeowners’ Insurers Don’t Hate It
  If homeowners' insurance carriers weren't facing enough issues this...
• Features
  Loss Costs Outpace Increase in Premiums for U.S. P/C Industry Through Q3
  Direct-premium production for the U.S. P/C industry through the third...
• Features
  Insurers Deploy Predictive Analytics, Artificial Intelligence in Fraud Fight
  Insurers are getting a larger share of suspicious claim referrals...
• Features
  U.S. Surplus Lines Premium Up 22% in 2021
  Surplus lines premium increased 22% and transactions rebounded almost...
• Features
  Commercial Auto Among Lines With Flattening Rates in 2022, USI Forecast Predicts
  Although it wasn't the headline of a commercial insurance broker's...
• Features
  A Look at Possible Negligence on the Set of Rust
  You can tell that you've been in insurance just about long enough...
• Features
  Transactional Liability Insurance: Why Management Liability Isn’t Enough in Today’s M&A World
  After a slight Covid-19 related dip in 2020, M&A activity has...
• Features
  All Additional Insureds Aren’t the Same
  For at least the past couple of decades, it seems that in just about...
• Features
  Top 10 Agency Growth Secrets
  I have the privilege of speaking with many insurance agency...
• Features
  A Special Time for Specialty Markets
  The specialty insurance marketplace always has been a vast laboratory...
• Features
  Perpetuation Tools of Gifting of Stock & GRATs
  For family businesses, the key is to understand everyone's needs and...
• Features
  How Agents and Insurtechs Can Work Together
  Independent insurance agents today are different. They're not your...
• People & Places
  People & Places
  National Patrick Sterling will lead RIMS, the risk management...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  National Marsh McLennan, Affinity Agency Association Member Benefits...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  PG&E Probation "In these five years, PG&E has gone on a crime...