Market Insights

The world of insurance constantly changes, and it will continue its dynamic course of developing and responding to risk. The conventional wisdom and practices that affect behaviors and cultures in agencies, brokerage firms, and insurance and

PROFESSIONAL education and competence are essential to the career of anyone in the insurance industry, but perhaps even more so to general agents, wholesalers and surplus-lines brokers. To provide the specialized training needed to navigate the E&S

AS HURRICANE season gets into full swing, all segments of the insurance business are speculating about what may lie ahead and how the industry will respond. At the American Association of Managing General Agents' annual convention, which was held in

AGENTS and brokers interested in creating a specialty in the medical field don't have to confine themselves to such high-profile, litigation-prone risks as doctors and hospitals. Medical labs constitute another possibility. They can be found in

The following article was derived from a presentation at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America's National Legislative Conference and Convention, held in April in Washington, D.C.) Last year, while speaking to a group of insurance

THE INSURANCE industry is obsessed with cats--as in catastrophes. Hurricane cats--especially "Kat-rina"--have raked insurers for billions of dollars in the last couple of years. Many reinsurers have become particularly allergic to this

THE E&S marketplace is a valuable tool for most independent agents and brokers. Indeed, American Agent & Broker's annual reader survey consistently shows that nearly 90% of the magazine's recipients regularly work with E&S carriers,

AGENTS and brokers interested in creating a specialty in the medical field don't have to confine themselves to such high-profile, litigation-prone risks as doctors and hospitals. Medical labs constitute another possibility. They can be found in