Terror Pricing Models Eliminate GuessworkBy Gary S. MogelCalculating premiums for terrorism coverage, formerly an art or mere guesswork, is becoming more of a science, ...
Credit Scoring Education Efforts Pay Off With two states approving it and more than a dozen others pushing it through their state houses, a standardized ...
Insurers Have Opportunity To Define Terms Of Loss History Database Debate Hard markets create political backlash.Certain legislators will always seek a "villain" when insurance premiums ...
Electronic Privacy Lapses Can Cause Fines, Bad Press Million-dollar fines get insurance executives' attention, especially when accompanied by adverse publicity requiring concerted damage control.Allstate Insurance ...
Industry Back In The Black, But Bad News Still Abounds Even though the property-casualty industry's bottom line returned to profit in 2002, following a horrific ...
Best Practices For Agency Managers Means Looking Beyond The Numbers The past 10 years have brought huge change to the independent agency system. Agents and ...
Current Market Conditions Require Precision Guided Growth Having spent the last few years slogging through a thorough reunderwriting process, many carriers are now feeling a ...
Greenberg: AIG Will Blacklist Problem StatesBy Caroline McDonaldChicago The chairman of American International Group said his company plans to launch an advertising campaign ranking states ...
RMs: Take Precautions With SARS Risk managers of organizations with international locations need to plan ahead for the possibility of an outbreak or exposure of ...
Real-Time Transactions Save Time I recently read about a centenarian independent agent. In 1903, most agents had no typewriter, no phone and no car. Of ...