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Prepare your Clients for Occupational Crime
A 28-year law enforcement veteran provides a step-by-step process to prepare your customers for the worst-case scenario.
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Insurance Agencies Attribute Technology to Fiscal Growth
A recent survey conducted by Vertafore found that 77 percent of insurance agencies directly attribute their fiscal growth during 2012-2013...
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10 States at Greatest Risk of Storm Surge Damage
Although hurricanes are usually associated with southern coastal states, hurricanes Irene and Sandy proved storm surge is also a big...
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Small Business Entrepreneurs Eager to Buy Insurance Direct, Online
Small-business entrepreneurs say they are ready to purchase their insurance online, direct from carriers, according to a recent survey.
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P&C Carriers Lose Jobs in April; Agent & Broker 2013 Employment Slide Continues
Property and casualty insurers shed 1,400 jobs in April compared to March, an unusual occurrence that bucks the recent trend...
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Brown & Brown E&S Professional Liability Combined Under ECC
Insurance broker Brown & Brown says its E&S professional liability products will now be marketed and sold under the ECC...
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- Brown & Brown E&S Professional Liability Combined Under ECC
- Survey: Legal Malpractice Claims Spiking Due to Recession
- Forgotten Tragedy: The West Fertilizer Explosion
- Obama Administration Threatens Farm Bill Veto
- RT Specialty's Brady Hired to Lead Burns & Wilcox Unit for Wholesale Brokerage
- Industry Supportive of N.Y. City Council's Fight for TRIA Extension
- Florida Citizens CFO Resigns, Heads to Domestic Insurer
- Brother of Marsh CEO Named President of Victor O. Schinnerer
- Firefighters Begin to Tame Record-Breaking Colorado Wildfire
- Fireman's Fund CEO Fouche Leaves for Prudential
- AIG Gives Chinese Group More Time to Buy Plane-Leasing Unit
- West, Texas Mayor Hopes for FEMA Appeal While Continuing to Handle Claims
- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is Official
- Study: 85% of Insurance Companies Have No Women in Top Positions
- California Auto Insurance Rates Decrease, Bucking U.S. Trend
Blogs
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A Woman’s Place is on the Board
IICF Women in Insurance Global Conference points up need for more formal advancement programs.
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Consumers Daunted by Healthcare Cost Hurdle in Retirement Planning
When it comes to planning for retirement, no hurdle appears to loom larger for consumers...
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Are Your Customers Prepared for the Hurricane Season?
Now is the time to help your customers make important decisions about insurance and understand...
Resource Library
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In this on-demand webinar, learn how to counter the challenges of litigation with predictive analytics...
Learn and Apply the Secrets of Successful Businesses to Your...
What does it take to elevate your agency to be known as the best of...
Have you outgrown your QA system?
Your claims audit tools must handle organizational growth and changing best practices. Download the "25...
Complimentary Sales Closer Questionnaires for Commercial Residential Property Insurance
Help property owners or managers compare your commercial residential property insurance coverage vs. the competition....
The Latest Business Intelligence Capabilities to Reduce Costs and Enhance...
SIMS Insight is the advanced business intelligence module of SIMS Claims. Want more information? Download...
When Banks Won't Help, Oak Street Funding Will.
Our commission-based loans are designed to help agents and brokers invest in their business, consolidate...
Home Run Leads are Here!
Our high quality leads will have you swinging for the fences and knocking your sales...
We Have Your New Formula for Success!
Your goal is to deliver maximum impact on those critical aspects of business that drive...
Complimentary White Paper: What Makes a House a Home?
The restoration vendor is the first person on site after a disaster strikes a home...
Complimentary Case Study on Data and Analytics Solutions
Infinilytics provided their client a solution platform with an increased scope of data insight and...
Producer Profiles: Share Your Stories
PropertyCasualty360 invites all brokers and agents to showcase their businesses and themselves with our readers. Tell us why you became an agent, what makes you successful and who you look up to--and we'll feature your achievements here on PC360 and highlight some of the profiles in the pages of Property Casualty 360 – National Underwriter and American Agent & Broker.
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Events
17th Annual America’s Claims Event
When: June 19-21, 2013
Where: Austin, Texas
The ONLY industry event where senior managers, practitioners & experts involved with claims operations can get the insight they need to implement effective and tactical strategies for their claims handling process.
Agency Management
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Brown & Brown E&S Professional Liability Combined Under ECC
Insurance broker Brown & Brown says its E&S professional liability products will now be marketed and sold under the ECC...
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Brother of Marsh CEO Named President of Victor O. Schinnerer
The brother of the chief executive of insurance broker Marsh will lead Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., an underwriting manager...
Agency Technology
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Insurance Agencies Attribute Technology to Fiscal Growth
A recent survey conducted by Vertafore found that 77 percent of insurance agencies directly attribute their fiscal growth during 2012-2013...
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Pop Quiz for Agents
After sitting in on usability testing conducted by the IT team on website design, JoAnna Carey, marketing development manager for...
Commercial Business
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Obama Administration Threatens Farm Bill Veto
The Obama administration has cited increases in crop insurance subsidies as one of the reasons it has threatened to veto...
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Fireman's Fund CEO Fouche Leaves for Prudential
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has named a new President and CEO, Andrew Torrance, to succeed Lori Fouche, who has left...
Coverage & Policy Issues
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Supply-Chain Coverage: Products Lag Behind Risks; Take-Up 'Disastrous'
The industry is certainly aware of, and gaining knowledge about, supply chains—but products aren't keeping up with the risks. And...
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Industry: Misguided Sandy-Inspired N.Y. Bills to Bring More Harm than Good
Legislation being mulled in New York could be putting the Empire State “on a path to the bottom” of a...
E&S/Specialty Business
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Brown & Brown E&S Professional Liability Combined Under ECC
Insurance broker Brown & Brown says its E&S professional liability products will now be marketed and sold under the ECC...
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Survey: Legal Malpractice Claims Spiking Due to Recession
Leading legal malpractice insurers experienced a deluge of claims in 2012, including those in excess of $50 million, made up...
nGi
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A Woman’s Place is on the Board
IICF Women in Insurance Global Conference points up need for more formal advancement programs.
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Whitney Simonetti Continues Young Agent Discussion – nGI
Whitney discusses finding success as a young agent and how Generation Y can keep up in the professional environment.
Personal Insurance Business
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Forgotten Tragedy: The West Fertilizer Explosion
PC360 News Editor Chad Hemenway sits down with Tommy Muska, mayor of (and insurance agent in) West, Texas—a city rocked...
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Florida Citizens CFO Resigns, Heads to Domestic Insurer
Following a successful six-year tenure as Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corp.'s CFO, Sharon Binnun has accepted a position in the...
Sales & Marketing
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Best Agency Website Winner: Earnie Cornelius Insurance Agency
When Scott Cornelius took over his father’s agency in 2006, it didn’t have a website. Since then, ECI Agency has...
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“Brochureware” No More
What makes a great independent agency website? We’ve been kicking that question around, with input from experts in the field....
