Commentary

Savvy insurers are keeping their fingers on the pulse of the developments in a variety of emerging technologies.

The smartphones and tablets most of us carry around with us arent just for consuming video content, they can be used to create it, too.

Small-business insurance carriers are grappling with whether to sell directly to consumers over the web, but they're fearful of undermining their existing distribution force.

Across the industry, agencies will get bigger and fewer, with more specialties under a single roof.

Large companies, especially those that are publicly traded, have a different perspective on risk and profit than the typical insurer.

Soft fraud is often committed by normally honest policyholders who can inflate values inadvertently or on purpose because of a sense of entitlement.