The power of todays communication tools is indisputable, but its important to remember that audio, visual, and text communication have been around for over a century and much of what is being done todayas exciting as it may beis simply an advancement on what some smart people did a long...

Australias QBE Insurance Group has joined a number of carriers who believe Superstorm Sandy could cause more insured losses than catastrophe modelers have predicted.

A core component of the survey is the rating of carriers on the factors most important to producers. Producers were asked to rate only carriers with which they were familiar and only on factors that were important to themtherefore providing highly accurate data.

Our biennial Producer Survey, done in partnership with Flasphler Research Group, is a revealing picture of independent agents opinions of U.S. commercial carriers. The survey of 407 independent producers consisted of 35 questions about insurer utilization, performance, perceptions of insurers and related topics. A total of 74 insurers and 19...