Organizations facing a growing number of global crises are wary of breaks in their supply chain, stockpiling critical items and commodities, and sometimes resorting to “panic buying,” according to a risk-management expert.

Steve Anderson, executive editor of The Anderson Agency Report (TAAR), talks with Rick Gilman of the Personal Lines Growth Alliance, on how independent agents can "take back personal lines" from direct writer and online competitors.

Home and auto insurer Allstate is buying Esurance and Answer Financial from White Mountains Insurance for about $1 billion.

Findings from a study of 500 business managers indicate rapidly growing concerns about distracted driving risks and liability.