The Inflation Specter Looms for Property/Casualty Insurers March 22, 2021 By Bill Burns Inflation, defined as the rate at which prices for goods and services are increasing, tends to occur when prices rise...
Transactional Risk Insurance Hits Record High Despite Pandemic: Marsh Report March 22, 2021 After a dramatic downturn in the second quarter of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, merger and acquisition (M&A) deal...
Winter Storm to Break Insurance Records; Other February Storms March 22, 2021 February saw a spate of winter storms in the United States, including the period from Feb. 12-20, which will become...
Rejecting ‘Absurd’ Argument, 5th Circuit Says Insurer Must Pay for Harvey Damage March 22, 2021 By Jim Sams While Hurricane Harvey dumped 60 inches of rain on the Houston area in August 2017, the authority that operates the...
4 Progressive Jobs Insurance Agencies Will Hire in 2021 March 22, 2021 By Mary Newgard When it comes to insurance agency hiring, producers and account managers are a broken record. Yes, your agency still needs...
Workers’ Comp Rates to Drop Again in Louisiana March 22, 2021 Workers’ compensation insurance rates will continue to decrease in Louisiana with a new rate reduction beginning in May, the insurance...
A New Kind of Startup March 22, 2021 By Tony Caldwell It is estimated that entrepreneurs created between 6,000 and 8,000 new independent insurance agencies over the last decade. Each of...
Insurance Agents on the Front Line of Florida’s Mounting Property Market Problems March 22, 2021 By Amy O'Connor While carriers face growing financial losses in Florida’s distressed property insurance market, insurance agents are on the front lines trying...
Federal Flood Insurance Premiums Far From Keeping Up With Expected Losses March 8, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson If the nearly 4.3 million residential homes (1-4 units) across the country with substantial flood risk were to be insured...
How Home Improvement Projects Impact Homeowners Policies March 8, 2021 By Jim Hyatt Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic had us spending more time inside our homes than normal. Staring at the...