InclusionScore CEO: Recent Events Highlight Need to Rein in Costly D&I Risk September 4, 2023 By Chad Hemenway At the end of June, James Felton Keith read the news of the U.S. Supreme Court’s majority rulings regarding affirmative...
Hard Market Pressure: Surplus Lines Lifting Heavy Load in Turbulent Times September 4, 2023 By Andrea Wells As the longest hard market in memory refuses to fade, standard property/casualty carriers are not only continuing to raise prices...
Private Flood Insurers See Opportunity as NFIP Increases Rates September 4, 2023 While the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rolls out a new rating program generating premium increases for many policyholders, the...
Veteran Insurance Pros Offer Strategies for Navigating a Hard Market September 4, 2023 By Jahna Jacobson Everyone in the insurance industry knows that 2023 has become one of the hardest markets in decades, across the board....
Claims Pros Warned About Confirmation Bias and Inflated Line Items September 4, 2023 By Jim Sams The charred remains of a dog found among the ruins of a house that was destroyed in a sudden fire...
Agency M&A Down 24% in First Half 2023: OPTIS August 21, 2023 Investment banking and financial firm OPTIS Partners said the count of agency mergers and acquisitions during the first half of...
California Firm to Pay $1M for Selling Devices to Thwart Truck Smog Controls August 21, 2023 A California company will pay $1 million for violating federal environmental laws by making and selling devices that defeated smog...
101 Sales, Marketing & Agency Management Ideas August 21, 2023 1. Network with Your Competition. They will often have no appetite for certain lines of business that you wish to...
Industry Rails Against Federal Climate Disclosure Bill August 21, 2023 By Chad Hemenway Recently introduced federal legislation that would require insurance companies with more than $100 million in annual premiums to disclose investments...
Study: Motor Vehicle Thefts Soar in First Half of 2023 August 21, 2023 During the first half of 2023, vehicle thefts soared while most other crimes declined, according to a new study of...