Regional players top national carriers in survey of agents.

Risk management has grown from the financial side to focus on the enterprise. Designing an ERM strategy and focusing on leadership has caused many insurers to look to the IT department for leadership. Those carriers that do it right may be in for a reward.

Liberty International Underwriters is not trying to time the market with the opening of an excess and surplus property operation on the West Coast, said Michael Carr, senior vice president of LIU E&S property.