When The Agent-Insurer Marriage FailsLike a marriage, the relationship between an agent and company may seem like a good match at the start, but as ...
Banks Put P-C Products Into Offerings Many banks have effectively incorporated the distribution of personal lines insurance products of partnering insurance companies into their suites ...
Reaction Mixed To AIA Federal Charter PlanWashington Editor The property-casualty insurance industry remains sharply divided over state versus federal regulation in the wake of the ...
Internet Personal Insurance SalesDominate Youthful Market In 2006, the Internet now accounts for nearly 40 percent of new and renewal transactions and nearly 80 ...
How Much Longer To P-C Nirvana?Like kids on a long car trip headed for summer vacation, many insurance company employees and the agents that represent ...
Top 20 Groups Intact, But Positions Shift If you had taken a picture of the National Underwriter ranking of the top 20 property-casualty insurance groups ...
Stat Data To Be Abbreviated Several of the larger U.S. p-c companies rallied around a proposal that the National Council on Compensation Insurance and Insurance ...
Underwriting Cycle Heads South Again Following a three-year gentle recovery from the 1990s soft market for insurance, analysts observed that prices began to decline again ...
Agents Expected To Develop Web PlansInsurance agents may step up Web initiatives as more carriers select alternative distribution channels to move their product, according to ...
Holistic Strategies Seen In P-C Investing Traditional investment styles are being replaced with more "holistic" strategies and an overcapitalized market has added to insurers pressures ...