Articles by Andrea Wells

Andrea Wells is vice president of content for Wells Media Group Inc., overseeing coverage for its multiple print and digital platforms. She is a veteran insurance journalist with more than 20 years’ experience covering the property/casualty industry. She has won several awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE), including awards for original research for her work on Insurance Journal’s annual salary survey of retail insurance agencies and its annual survey of young insurance agents. She can be reached at: awells@wellsmedia.com.

How Agents and Carriers Can Find Gold in Personal Lines

Independent agents and their companies have over the years been beaten in the personal lines market by direct response carriers and captive agents. But being down so long means there is plenty of room for independent agents to go up …

Tapping the High Net Worth Market

How Agents and Carriers Can Find Gold in Personal Lines Independent agents and their companies have over the years been beaten in the personal lines market by direct response carriers and captive agents. But being down so long means there …

Community Associations Grow by Number and Exposure

In 2011, more than 62 million people lived in residential homes governed by a community association, including homeowners associations, condominiums, cooperatives and other planned communities. According to the Community Associations Institute, more than 314,000 communities in America are considered to …

Community Associations Grow by Number and Exposure

In 2011, more than 62 million people lived in residential homes governed by a community association, including homeowners associations, condominiums, cooperatives and other planned communities. According to the Community Associations Institute, more than 314,000 communities in America are considered to …

2012 Top 100: Privately Held Independent P/C Insurance Agencies

About This Report: A slow economic recovery didn’t stop the nation’s leading independent insurance agencies from writing more property/casualty premium in 2011. The vast majority (81 percent) of the privately owned agencies and brokerages on Insurance Journal‘s Top 100 Property …

Employers Fighting the Rising Cost of Healthcare Turn to Holistic Benefit Planning as a Solution

The nation’s largest employers don’t anticipate finding cost-relief any time soon when it comes to health and benefits coverage. But they have been listening more and waking up to ideas from their brokers that could help them turn the cost …

The Business of Insuring Correctional Facilities

Montana State Prison inmate files suit for $2.2 million in federal court after he injures a toe when his foot got caught in a grain auger at the prison dairy. A Howard County, Indiana, inmate files a lawsuit claiming the …

Outlook Is Cautious As Some States See Major Construction Projects

Apartment Communities May Be Key to Revival The overall construction industry appears to be making a recovery, albeit, a very slow one. Industry watchers say the outlook is better for big utility and public works construction projects, as well as …

Workers’ Comp Market Injured But Still Standing

Like the economy, the workers’ compensation market has suffered in recent years. Results for 2011 were no better than 2010. The good news: results for the workers’ comp market were not worse either. The combined ratio held steady at 115 …

Behind Bars: The Business of Insuring Correctional Facilities

Montana State Prison inmate files suit for $2.2 million in federal court after he injures a toe when his foot got caught in a grain auger at the prison dairy. A Howard County, Indiana, inmate files a lawsuit claiming the …