Underwriters Make Or Break ProfitabilityIf you are sure that underwriting is critical to the profitability of your insurance company, then take this test. Your results ...
Highlights Of Terrorism Bill Provisions:The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, providing a federal backstop for insurers for three years, contains a host of provisions, ...
Have Policy Claims Gone To The Dogs?It seems that recently this column has been taken up with hail damage, sharp contractors, non-renewing insurers, bottom-line value ...
Study Dissects Agency CompensationBigger is definitely better for insurance producers, as bigger insurance agencies provide agents with bigger paychecks, a new survey has found.Revenues and ...
Converium Boosts Reserves Again Reinsurance Editor Converium Group plans to strengthen reserves by an additional $70.3 million during the fourth quarter for liability lines written ...
Poor Computer Security Leaves Firms Exposed To Intellectual Property LossesA group of U.S. companies lost as much as $59 billion in proprietary information and intellectual ...
More Important: SEMCI Or Selling? While agencies have been crying for single-entry carrier interface for two decades or so, some in our industry think other ...
Will Berkshire Buy Employers Re? International Editor Despite the flurry of press reports that Berkshire Hathaway has made a bid to buy Employers Reinsurance Corp., ...
Do Bank-Insurance Sales Measure Up?Believe it or not, the current era of bank-insurance is approaching its seventh birthday. It was in March 1996 that the ...