Construction Insurtech Shepherd in California Raises $13.5M in Series A Funding March 4, 2024 San Francisco, California-based insurtech Shepherd announced it raised a $13.5 million Series A funding round led by Costanoa Ventures with...
Symphony Risk in California Launches Captive Program for Cannabis Industry March 4, 2024 Symphony Grow is launching a bespoke captive insurance program for large and sophisticated cannabis businesses called “Symphony Grow Captive.” The...
Continued Growth for Surplus Lines in 2023 as Premiums Up 14.6% March 4, 2024 By Chad Hemenway The excess and surplus lines market continued to grow in 2023, with premium reaching nearly $73 billion according to data...
Don’t Let Criminals Steal a Guest’s Good Time: Theft Awareness and Prevention in the Hospitality Industry March 4, 2024 By Andrea Ball and Andrew Luttrell Theft is an opportunistic crime, and few places provide more opportunity for a criminal than a hotel or resort. From...
Tomorrow’s Insurance Agent: Leveraging New Skill Sets Next Gens Bring to the Table March 4, 2024 By Tony Caldwell For the last decade and a half, business leaders have struggled to comprehend, motivate and manage the millennial generation. Recently,...
That Insurance Talent Crisis? It’s a Global Knowledge Opportunity March 4, 2024 By Dan Epstein Over the next 15 years, 50% of the current insurance workforce will retire. It’s a jarring number. This leaves more...
Proposed Cybersecurity Legislation Seeks to Protect America’s Food Supply Chain February 19, 2024 U.S. Representatives Brad Finstad (MN-01) and Elissa Slotkin (MI-07) have introduced HR 7062, the Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act, designed...
Wage Growth Likely to Continue Driving Workers’ Comp Payroll Growth February 19, 2024 By Allen Laman Despite a “significant slowdown” in job growth in 2023, a new National Council on Compensation Insurance briefing shared that “wage...
Report: 2023 Combined Ratio Forecast at 103.9, Commercial Lines Performed Best February 19, 2024 The 2023 net combined ratio for the property/casualty industry is forecast to be 103.9, with commercial lines at 97.7 and...
It’s Time for the Commercial Property Insurance Industry to Adopt Tech Efficiencies February 19, 2024 By Alex Lyashok Buyers of commercial property insurance are facing many challenges. Rates are rising, capacity is becoming scarce (particularly in catastrophe exposed...