Market Insights

The exceptions carriers write into their underwriting rules don't automatically safeguard the insurers' risk exposure, but they do enable underwriters to take a closer look at the variables that lie b

Helping agents better understand the climate they live in and the expectations they will be held to is key. To that end, here is an overview of the E&O landscape, along with some practical tips you can adopt tomorrow that may reduce the likelihood

When the time comes to write this monthly message, the selfish wish for some over-arching crisis or event is strong. However, for good or for bad, the only thing "hot" right now is the weather.

A.M. Best reported dismal news for the nation's P&C industry's first-quarter results. The rating organization's recent study showed that net profit nose-dived a stunning 45 percent, to $9.3 billion,

Fearful that a giant storm or a series of hurricanes could cripple the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (Cat Fund) this year and lead to huge assessments, the trustees of the fund in July made an

Floridians will face significant insurance surcharges some day to help generate funds needed by the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (Cat Fund), Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, and private

In today's litigious environment, if you're an agent and the insurer you represent becomes insolvent, you could be subject to lawsuits from policyholders -- your clients -- claiming you placed their

Doctors and lawyers are used to getting sued, but what about notaries and ticket brokers? An increasingly litigious society, combined with a profession's natural maturation, is resulting in heightened interest in miscellaneous errors and