Today’s Candidate Expectations and How to Compete February 21, 2022 By David Coons The recruiting climate has undergone numerous shifts in just two years. From nearing a complete halt in early 2020 to...
10 Cyber Attacks in 2021 Cost $600M With 40,000 Businesses Put at Risk February 21, 2022 In just 10 cyber incidents last year, over $600 million in cash was stolen or taken as ransom, tens of...
Traffic Fatalities Continue on Record Pace But not in All States February 21, 2022 By Hope Yen The number of U.S. traffic deaths surged in the first nine months of 2021 to 31,720, keeping up a record...
3 Reasons Why Agency Owners Fail to Grow Revenue (and What to Do About It) February 21, 2022 By Randy Schwantz What happens when you put a self-directed team in the game against a well-coached team? If the talent is similar,...
W.R. Berkley Optimism About 2022 Comes With Caution About Workers’ Compensation February 21, 2022 By Elizabeth Blosfield Executives for commercial lines insurer W.R. Berkley Corp. indicated in a fourth quarter and full year 2021 earnings call that...
Insurance Agency M&As Jumped 30% in 2021: OPTIS February 7, 2022 There were 1,034 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions in 2021, up 30% from 795 reported in 2020, according to...
Insurers Deploy Predictive Analytics, Artificial Intelligence in Fraud Fight February 7, 2022 By Jim Sams Insurers are getting a larger share of suspicious claim referrals from fraud-detection technology and are increasingly using artificial intelligence to...
All Additional Insureds Aren’t the Same February 7, 2022 By Bill Wilson For at least the past couple of decades, it seems that in just about every contract, the upstream party wants...
Loss Costs Outpace Increase in Premiums for U.S. P/C Industry Through Q3 February 7, 2022 By Chad Hemenway Direct-premium production for the U.S. P/C industry through the third quarter 2021 improved as insurers increased rates, but adverse trends...
Perpetuation Tools of Gifting of Stock & GRATs February 7, 2022 By Catherine Oak For family businesses, the key is to understand everyone’s needs and expectations and then design a plan well in advance...