April 23, 2024
A poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows 45% of U.S. adults say they have become more concerned about climate change over the past year (six-in-10 Democrats and one-quarter of Republicans). However, the poll shows now …
April 22, 2024
Commercial auto is a tough topic in any business segment, but it’s tougher still for cannabis businesses. For our latest podcast, we spoke with Griffen Kapulica, broker relationship manager for Fairmatic, a commercial insurance company delivering data-driven fleet insurance using …
April 9, 2024
New technologies and rising labor costs are putting pressure on auto insurance carriers and auto repairers by making repairs more costly and increasing repair times, trends that a new report asserts are “reshaping” the industries. The bottom-line message: Newer vehicles …
April 3, 2024
The devil is always in the details, and if you’re a cannabis business with a lot of product and cash to protect – as many dispensaries happen to be – you’ve got a lot of details to note. Brokers specializing …
March 22, 2024
A Moody’s publication looks why it was so warm last year and the impacts the effects of global warming will have in 2024. The publication “Warmest Year; Warmest Months: Climate Change and El Niño Edged the Global Closer to the …
March 12, 2024
Cannabis had a bit of a down year last year, but 2024 holds some hope for continued growth – maybe even a return to semblances of the old pace. As we head into the final month of the first quarter, …
March 7, 2024
A new report shows global legal cannabis spending grew to $36 billion in 2023, and more importantly, that languishing sales in longer-legal states may soon start to swing back up – two big, encouraging signs for insuring cannabis specialists. BDSA, …
February 9, 2024
Global warming exceeded temperatures of 1.5 degrees C over a 12-month period for the first time in record keeping. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service released its findings in its Global Climate Highlights 2023 report on Thursday, calling out …
February 8, 2024
Many small- to mid-sized agencies aren’t putting much thought into accounting, relegating the important function to the backburner by opting to use local accountants, agency management systems that may not be sufficient, or even relatives to keep track of their …
February 6, 2024
It’s a new year, and one thing we can look forward to is more new states bringing their cannabis markets online. For insurance professionals, new states offer the challenges of new regulations and new clients to explain the complex world …