Market Insights

Across the country, insurers' IT departments are waging battles on many fronts. Rapidly changing business needs, new regulatory demands, and aging legacy systems all require time and personnel.

The recently expanded Americans with Disabilities Act means more employees could qualify for ADA protection. Learn from an employment lawyer what you need to know about the ADAAA to advise your business customers and protect your own agency from lawsuits.

IT departments are caught in the middle of a tug of war. They are pulled one way by the need to deal effectively with their current systems environment and the other by the need to plan and prepare for future demands.

In these challenging economic times for insurers, it's not enough simply to recognize the challenges: Decisionmakers must understand today's economic trends and how those are likely to impact their company and industry sector.

Although the details still are being worked on and the time line is open for debate, the way Jerry M. de St. Paer sees it, the question for U.S. insurers is not whether there will be convergence between U.S. GAAP and IFRS standards--but when.

Read a history of some of the most influential agent associations, including IIABA and PIA.