For its attention to risk consulting and its ability to translate that into a profitable and growing enterprise, Parker, Smith & Feek is our 2011 winner of the Commercial Agency Awards for Excellence.

While some agencies have only recently come to embrace the idea of being a risk consultant for their clients, the concept is nothing new for the agency Parker, Smith & Feek.

Risk Metrics Corporation, a provider of market intelligence for commercial insurers, has launched Insurance360, a new data as a service (DaaS) product that allows insurance carriers, brokers, and agencies to access the data they need all in one place, in real time and only pay for what they use.

SNL Financial LC and Summit Business Media announced SNLs acquisition of Highline Data, Summits insurance information services unit bolstering SNLs position as the leading U.S. insurance financial information provider across the property and casualty, health and life insurance sectors.