Agency Management

Even though enterprises large and small are losing the battle against cyber attacks, specialty insurers are expanding coverages triggered by computer privacy breaches as rapidly as new enemies emerge to pursue new targets, experts said here.

Just 20 years ago, the answer was simple. Need an insurance agent? Pick up a phone book.

Over the last four decades, outsourcing has morphed as business models evolved, technology advanced and competition for resources and expertise expanded.

So much is going on in the world of sustainable construction, green construction products, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and other green initiatives--and all these activities appear to be moving fast.

For the most part, participants in the excess and surplus lines industry expect a replay of 2010 market conditions in 2011.

The New York State Supreme Court in Albany County has rejected the arguments of two agent associations that the state insurance department's planned producer compensation disclosure regulation is arbitrary and unnecessary.