E&S/Specialty

As the "year of the contagion" sparks a higher level of inquiries about specialty insurance products designed to cover the business side effects of flu pandemics, well-informed agents can seize an opportunity, according to a specialty broker.

A measure to modernize and reform regulation of the nonadmitted market, otherwise known as surplus lines, was reintroduced yesterday in the House.

Wholesale brokers are in a prime position to grab new business when a revived economy begins producing start-up companies that standard line carriers won't insure, a trade group leader advised here.

A 10-year regulation in Florida, requiring businesses with underground tanks storing hazardous materials to replace them by the end of this year, is the driver behind a new storage tank system and an innovative new insurance policy for those tanks.

To best protect a client's personal property, agents need to be fully aware of the types of coverage offered by a personal articles floater, as well as help clients choose the appropriate limit and tailor the insurance.

Despite recent outcries from federal lawmakers and plaintiffs lawyers, concerns that Chinese drywall could become the next asbestos are unfounded, experts say.

The inland marine pie may be shrinking as two major target industries--trucking and construction--struggle in the current economic crisis.

Picture this. An employee laid off last year decides he was a victim of age discrimination. After receiving permission from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, he files suit.