Personal Lines

This years billionaires with connections to the insurance industry include the son of a Chicago meat-packer, a former appliance door-to-door salesman and a World War II flight navigator.

Whether buried under ice or burning up, the weather can cause plenty of expensive problems for high-net-worth clients.

No new companies broke into the 2015 list.

While there are advantages and disadvantages to being a generalist or a specialist, its critical for agencies and producers to reassess their positions because of dramatic disruptions in the marketplace.

News from Sapiens, Parr Insurance, XL Catlin and more.

Savvy agents and brokers can take advantage of carriers healthy appetites in this market, where low gas prices helped buoy sales of recreational watercraft in 2015.