As in previous years, our December issue offers a retrospective of the topics we covered over these past 12 months. We provided extensive coverage on property insurance, legislative and regulatory actions, workers' compensation, excess and surplus lines, agency management topics, health care, and many of the ancillary lines of coverage...
Novarica hasnt finalized all the numbers from a recent survey conducted of insurance agency personneleveryone from principals to agents to CSRsbut the research and advisory firms Karlyn Carnahan gave a sneak peak last week in a Webinar hosted by PropertyCasualty360.com and Tech Decisions.
Insurers dont want to be like the guy on the beach who wakes up to find himself buried under a ton of sand. Developing a data strategyand strong leadershipwill keep the sources of information flowing.
The outlook for commercial lines carriers often is cloudier than for their personal lines brethren. A commitment to changeand the mantra ease of businessis clearing things greatly for carriers and agents alike.
If there is one point every insurance carrier is trying to accomplish these days it is to find ways to differentiate themselves from the competition. Second on the list is to find ways to be more efficient.
Farmers Insurance will pay more than $1.5 million in overtime back wages to 3,459 employees for pre-shift work they performed but were never compensated for.