Agency Award Entries Invited
Staff Writer
Independent agencies only have one more month to prepare for the 2010 Commercial Insurance Agency of the Year Award program.
Staff Writer
Independent agencies only have one more month to prepare for the 2010 Commercial Insurance Agency of the Year Award program.
David Hanley
Everyone knows that aside from the underwriting department, information technology is one of the last places an insurance company should take unnecessary risk.
Michael Zuc,ERMan, Sean A. Ahrens
Failures in crisis management can have broad repercussions, such as loss of life, assets, revenue, image or brand.
Susanne Sclafane
William Berkley, who heads a group of U.S. insurers working to close what they see as a tax loophole for foreign insurers, suggested that critics are launching empty threats to thwart his coalition's efforts.
Susanne Sclafane
Expanding potential liability for employers and their employment practices insurers, the U.S. Supreme Court gave the green light to litigation involving the use of tests that have a disparate impact on a protected class.
Susan T. Stead
As the insurance industry embraces the use of social media as a marketing tool, it must consider risks that are unique to the insurance industry.
Kimberly Harris-Ferrante
Property and casualty insurers must innovate to stay relevant to customers, improve profitability and transition into a business model that can shift with future market changes.
Sanford Sandy Elsass
If you had a captive insurance company writing liability insurance for long-term care facilities in the early years of this decade, you had a good thing going.
Caroline McDonald
Like those in the private sector, public risk managers can have a big impact on their organization's costs and bottom-line results--but only if they have a "seat at the table" with government decision-makers.
Joan E. Collier, Joan E. Collier
Despite the urgings of Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty and other state leaders, Gov. Charlie Crist has vetoed an omnibus property insurance bill passed at the close of the 2010 legislative session.
Caroline McDonald
Nearly 44 percent of small firms are operating without a business continuity strategy in case of disaster, and almost two-thirds have never even spoken to their insurance agents about contingency planning, a survey by Travelers revealed.
Caroline McDonald
In an environmentally risky business such as oil drilling, there can be little margin for error.
Susanne Sclafane
Executives of W.R. Berkley said they would not hesitate to write coverage again for the operator of the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf last month, adding that increased prices and insurance requirements for operators could provide opportunities.