Effective Sales Management & Monitoring Producer Performance August 7, 2023 By Catherine Oak Who is responsible for sales management in most firms? Often the task falls to the owner or the top producer...
Workers’ Compensation Remains Profit Engine for U.S. P/C Insurers August 7, 2023 Workers’ compensation insurers’ underwriting results continued to outpace the rest of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) commercial sector in 2022, as...
Fun Equals Risk. Sigh. August 7, 2023 By Jahna Jacobson Those in the insurance industry tend to view everything through a lens of risk and responsibility. Sure, that game/sport/amusement/party looks...
Vermont Workers’ Comp Changes Now in Effect August 7, 2023 Vermont’s workers’ compensation benefits for temporary total disability and for dependent children, as well as the work search requirement for...
Hail and Wind from Thunderstorms Caused $5.5 Billion in Damage, KCC Says July 17, 2023 Severe weather created when a stationary front trapped warm, humid air over Texas and the Southeast caused an estimated $5.5...
More Than 17 Million Properties Face Substantial Flood Risk: Study July 17, 2023 By Ezra Amacher More than half of the U.S. population resides in a county that is likely to experience stormwater system failure due...
Why the Investor-Driven Hard Reinsurance Market Will Persist July 17, 2023 By Susanne Sclafane Reinsurers will continue to command adequate rates for property-catastrophe in 2024, even if the market comes through hurricane season unscathed,...
Climate Change Leads to ‘Arctic Opening,’ Creating Key Emerging Risk: Swiss Re July 17, 2023 By L.S. Howard Climate change is the cause of a key emerging risk identified by Swiss Re’s SONAR report, which is leading to...
‘Better Late Than Never?’ Not So Fast. July 17, 2023 By Bill Wilson A general contractor hired a company to place a dumpster at a job site. However, the company put the dumpster...
US Insurance Market Forecast to Withstand Losses From Large Hurricane This Year: Fitch Report July 17, 2023 With ample capital, Fitch Ratings’ latest annual ‘U.S. Hurricane Season’ report indicates U.S. property and casualty (P/C) and reinsurers can...