It’s no secret that health insurance costs more and employers are planning for that trend to continue. Employers expect that their average cost per-employee for health benefits will rise by 4.3 percent in 2018, which is above the average increase …
It’s no easy feat to survive as a small business let alone to survive and thrive after 132 years in operation. That’s what Morris & Garritano (M&G) — winner of Insurance Journal’s 2017 Best Agencies to Work For 2017 Overall …
Restaurants are probably one of the most underinsured classes of business in the industry. Competition, inadequate pricing, and owners refusing to buy needed coverages are some of the reasons cited by specialty brokers in this segment. Most restaurant and bar …
Nearly 25 percent of employee thefts involve large-scale losses of more than $1 million and 29 percent are carried out over five or more years. That’s according to a study on embezzlement by specialist insurer Hiscox. High-loss cases often result …
Trucking serves as a barometer of the U.S. economy, representing 70.6 percent of all domestic freight transportation tonnage and $676 billion, or 79.8 percent,of transportation revenues in the country. Despite the sector’s size, for many trucking firms, it’s a rough …
As a native Texan, my heart hurts for the thousands of people and business owners affected by Hurricane Harvey. Family, friends and business associates in the Lonestar State will be dealing with the aftermath for years to come. And so …
As long as there is an insurance industry, wholesaler brokers believe they will have a role to play. “We will continue to be an important sector – a small sector – but still a very important sector of how insurance …
Vacationers and tourists are no longer content to sit and relax; they want adventure. The global adventure tourism market is forecast to grow by as much as 46 percent by 2020, according to the Global Adventure Tourism Market 2016-2020 report …
Unleashing the invisible hand that has been missing from the flood insurance market for nearly 50 years is no easy task. But private flood insurance experts say the change would be a good thing not only for private flood insurers …
Insurance is a very simple business. “You take in some money, you spend some money and you lose some money, and God willing, you have some left at the end of the day,” according to Anthony (Tony) Markel, vice chairman …
