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...
Agency Accounting February 21, 2022 By Chris Burand It is a fact that most agency owners did not especially like accounting classes — if they even took accounting...
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...
Top 10 Agency Growth Secrets February 7, 2022 By Tony Caldwell I have the privilege of speaking with many insurance agency entrepreneurs every year. Virtually all of them are interested in...
Transactional Liability Insurance: Why Management Liability Isn’t Enough in Today’s M&A World February 7, 2022 By Kate Lyes and Angus Marshall After a slight Covid-19 related dip in 2020, M&A activity has reached unprecedented levels with 2021 being the busiest year...
U.S. Surplus Lines Premium Up 22% in 2021 February 7, 2022 Surplus lines premium increased 22% and transactions rebounded almost 6.6% over their 2020 totals in the 15 states with designated...
World’s First Crypto Mortgage? Homeowners’ Insurers Don’t Hate It February 7, 2022 By William Rabb If homeowners’ insurance carriers weren’t facing enough issues this year, here’s one more to think about: A Miami company is...