Is the property & casualty insurance economic picture better from the outside looking in, or the inside looking out? A panel of outside experts, followed by a panel of insurance company CEOs, considered this question at the Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum, held Jan. 13 at New York's Waldorf-Astoria.

For an industry that encourages its clients to protect themselves extensively against risks that could lead to damages to their business, results show that not all attorneys practice what they preach, Marsh's 2014 Global Law Firm Cyber Survey reveals.

Getting started in the insurance business isn't easy. Estimates are that two-thirds of all new producers don't survive their second year, and those who do typically write a pitifully small amount of new business. Here's what Ive learned about being successful from the more than 800 new producers Ive coached...