Agent & Broker

Louisianas last-resort insurer is considering going to the U.S. Supreme Court after the states highest court chose not to reconsider its decision to reinstate a $92.7 million award in favor of policyholders.

The insurance industry in Florida has a new ally as it pushes for reforms to Citizens Property Insurance Corp.: the man who helped launch the last-resort insurer.

The insurance industry in Florida has a new ally as it pushes for reforms to Citizens Property Insurance Corp.: the man who helped launch the last-resort insurer.

As many insurers and reinsurers are readying investors for a degree of disappointment in 2011 fourth-quarter earnings, Cincinnati Financial Corp. says it has some good newsfavorable impacts.

As many insurers and reinsurers are readying investors for a degree of disappointment in 2011 fourth-quarter earnings, Cincinnati Financial Corp. says it has some good newsfavorable impacts.

Rate increases for 2012 could head as high as 10 percent if a handful of negative pressures continue to affect insurers' earnings, a financial analyst suggests.

Rate increases for 2012 could head as high as 10 percent if a handful of negative pressures continue to affect insurers' earnings, a financial analyst suggests.

To gain some producer-level perspective on the outlook this year for the P&C business, NU spoke with some major players across the agent & broker spectrum to discover where the greatest opportunitiesas well as the most daunting challengeslie in the year to come.