Blogs

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  Keep Your Eyes on the Road

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 20, 2013

  It would be nice to dream, but impaired driving will always be the single biggest issue that property & casualty insurers have to deal with regarding their policyholders, but other challenges keep coming our way.

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  Targeting the Other 1 Percent: Hiring Veterans

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 17, 2013

  Inculcated with team thinking and strong work ethic, veterans seem like a natural fit for the insurance industry. Unfortunately, the industry doesn't agree.

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  Bloomberg's Spying Scandal and Cyber-Liability

  By Bill Coffin  |  May 16, 2013

  The Bloomberg spying scandal shows that cyber-liability risk is evolving way faster than how we manage it.

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  Doesn't Matter How West Fertilizer Dangers Were Revealed

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 14, 2013

  Will all the points regarding holes in insurance requirements, workplace safety, risk management, oversight, and land-use planning persist against a backdrop of what could be a criminal act?

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  MBIA and BofA: Justice for All?

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 13, 2013

  It’s one of the peculiar realities of business: two parties can spend years aiming for one another’s jugular vein and end-up partnering when they find cooperation is in the best interest.

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  U.S. Captives’ Headway Mirrors the Free Enterprise System

  By Jim Swanke, Paul Van Zuiden  |  May 13, 2013

  U.S. captive domiciles are healthy and growing, but it wasn’t always this way.

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  Beating the Drum on Claims Service

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 13, 2013

  Older claims systems—much like policy systems—are not flexible enough to deal with the changes taking place within the claims departments of leading insurance carriers.

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  In Defense of Ohio’s Workers’ Comp. Rebates

  By Bill Teets, Director of Communications, Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation  |  May 10, 2013

  Ohio rebates to public and private employers is not politically motivated, but rather part of an initiative to deal with assets significantly above established guidelines.

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  ACORD LOMA 2013: Telematics from Two Angles

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 8, 2013

  You can’t wander very far at an insurance technology conference without someone mentioning telematics.

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  ACORD LOMA 2013: The Rules of Underwriting

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 7, 2013

  Anyone who challenges authority lives by the phrase, “Rules are made to be broken.” But what if the rules themselves are broken? Business rules, that is.

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  Lack of Consumer Trust Leaves Retirement Advisors at a Disadvantage

  By Sam J. Friedman, Val Srinivas  |  May 6, 2013

  A fundamental lack of trust is one major reason why a large segment of consumers may be reluctant to allow financial services providers to help them with their retirement planning, a survey by Deloitte’s Center for Financial Services has revealed.

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  The Assault on State-Regulated Workers' Comp

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 6, 2013

  A critical component of our national “safety net,” the state-regulated workers’ compensation system, is being besieged, another victim of politicians reaching everywhere to generate short-term benefits by increasing services without raising taxes.

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  Will Fracking Be 'Regulated Out of Existence' In California?

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 6, 2013

  California is following in the footsteps of New York lawmakers, as the state assembly pushes three bills seeking to ban fracking.

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  ACORD LOMA 2013: Share and Share Alike

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 5, 2013

  Yes, we are gathering again in Las Vegas on this holiest of Sundays—Cinco de Mayo—to prepare for three days of information, collaboration, and education as the 10th year of this merger of conferences between ACORD and LOMA begins on Monday.

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  Major Changes for Florida Citizens' Agents from SB 1770

  By Jeff Grady  |  May 3, 2013

  For Citizens agents, particularly for personal lines, a bill headed to Gov. Scott's desk promises to create significant changes to your operation.

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  Tragedy in Texas: Still More Questions than Answers

  By Bill Coffin  |  May 2, 2013

  So far, the fertilizer explosion in West, TX has more questions than answers. But that won't last forever.