Market Insights

Certain products in the home can catastrophically fail, leading to property loss. Some simple, yet crucial investigative steps will help insurers maximize recovery in such cases.

Many businesseswith one recent exceptionare offering their employees the opportunity to step away from the office and perform their daily tasks in the comfort of their own homes. Whatever the reasons for utilizing a mobile workforceunwillingness to relocate the family or a reluctance to perform the daily commutefor insurers the...

Insurance companies are naturally protective of proprietary information, but the industry as a whole suffers when carriers are unwilling to share information that organizations such as ACORD can use to establish industry-wide standards. That scenario is playing out once again in the telematics space.

Picture any town in America on a warm Saturday afternoon. Whether you imagine a rural area or a cityscape, one thing is for certain: Kids are at play.

A relentless drought, tenacious wildfires, extreme weatherover the past year, all of these have plagued the U.S. agricultural business, leading to lingering uncertainty for farmers and the agents and brokers that serve them.

When assessing a contractors risk for surety bonds, agents and brokers need to know three things: character, capacity and capital. Learn how to work closely with your contractors to make bonding a breeze.

The franchise and affinity group niche can be a great growth market for agents and brokers but success depends on in-depth understanding of each groups unique needs.

New York is still mourning a great cultural loss. Thousands of works of art became entangled in Superstorm Sandys salt-tinged waters. Here, we discuss the ongoing processes of restoration and damage assessment.