Market Insights

AA&B spoke with three wholesalers/program administrators specializing in boat, yacht and marina insurance about what they're seeing in the current market and how retail agents and brokers can "shore up" this specialty business until the seas are calm.

Good news in today's economy is welcome in almost any form. Some days, just maintaining the status quo is a reason to cheer.

The state's largest property insurer -- Citizens Property Insurance Corp. -- has found itself on the defensive once again in the last few months.

With daily reports of new information and proposed changes on comprehensive health- care insurance reform, it may be time to look at what is already available to Floridians.

No news is good news, so they say, and that applies in some ways to the current Florida E&S commercial property market.

"Given Florida's hurricane problem, I can almost understand why our homeowners' insurance costs so much. But what's the deal with our auto insurance rates?"