Market Insights

Now more than ever the relationship between insurance carriers and independent agents is being tested by a wide-ranging list of factors, but no matter how strong the relationship has been in the

To find out more about the surge in recent pirate attacks and related insurance implications, Claims spoke with Howard Mills, Deloitte's chief insurance advisor and former New York State insurance superintendent.

Lawyers are fond of declaring, "You can sue anybody for anything." Insurance agents might counter, "And we'll cover it." Alien abduction? Covered. Injured by a ghost? We'll pay. Pregnant by

For carriers and producers with a negative view of standards implementation, the answer would be yes. For companies that embrace the fact insurers and agents need better two-way communication, such

According to the Insurity/Microsoft Millennials in Insurance Survey 2008, nearly 60 percent of our employees are older than age 45. Between now and 2014, the U.S. property-casualty industry must fill almost 100,000 underwriting and claims positions.

As the crash of '08 snakes its way through the insurance landscape, your customers will start feeling the impact of the inevitable hard market. Insurers will strengthen their underwriting requirements, making

If you recall the classic children's story, Pollyanna was a little girl who inevitably found the good in any situation. However, I have a feeling she'd be hard pressed to find anything to be glad

Predicting what our legislators will pass or not pass this early in session is for the young and daring. I am surely not the one, and often not the other. So, instead of making win-or-lose