Market Insights

What should insurance IT leadership do when the financial markets commonly are described as being a devastating bloodbath, hit by a train or in a terrifying plummet, a spectacular free-fall, or a

The broad exemption historically applied to surplus lines insurance under Florida law was recently called into question by the decision handed down by the Florida Supreme Court in Essex Insurance

As an agent specializing in long-term care insurance, I am well aware of the substantial risk of lawsuits and regulatory investigations in selling this coverage. With America continuing to gray,

In legacy system replacement projects, insurers increasingly are using collaborative techniques and iterative development to overcome communication obstacles and create requirements documents everyone

Those who criticized the idea of expanding the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, the state-run alternative to private reinsurance, were fearful that if a big storm came it would mean huge

While the influx of some 24 new entrants into the Florida homeowners' insurance market since 2006 is certainly welcome news, as consumers and industry people, we need to ask ourselves some basic

This year's relatively tame hurricane season in Florida has not quelled the fears of a small group of people in St. Petersburg. For two years they have been sounding a wake-up call of impending

Reports from agents across the state reveal that some carriers are requiring a current property appraisal before they will write homeowners' coverage, which is actually not a bad idea. Citizens