Articles by Elizabeth Blosfield

Elizabeth Blosfield is Deputy Editor for Carrier Management. She can be reached at eblosfield@wellsmedia.com.

SILVER Best Agency to Work For 2016 – East Rogers & Gray Insurance

Best Agency to Work For – SILVER South Dennis, Massachusetts Rogers & Gray Insurance Rogers & Gray Insurance, a South Dennis, Mass., headquartered independent insurance agency, has a vision shaped by one core guiding principal: Do the right thing for …

Dangers in Data Collection: How Much Is Too Much?

How to Help Insureds Manage Customer Privacy Risk Insurance carriers and agents have come to learn that increased data can lead to greater risk for insureds, and they are increasingly advising businesses to disclose data collection practices while seeking to …

Insurance Industry Collaboration Key to Facing Disruption, III CEO Says

In an increasingly connected and globalized world, the insurance industry needs to work together to understand and accommodate the many disruptions it faces today and in the future, according to Sean Kevelighan, CEO of the Insurance Information Institute (III), during …

Insurance Industry Urged to Weigh Shift to Intangible Risks

Panelists at a recent New York event hosted yesterday by Lloyd’s, the world’s specialist insurance market, and the American Security Project, a nonpartisan national security think-tank, urged the insurance industry to plan ahead and work to better understand how to …

InsurTech Startup Launches Lease Guarantee Platform in New York

TheGuarantors, a New York based insurance tech startup founded in 2014, is seeking to make renting an apartment in New York easier for landlords, brokers and renters through its newly launched tech-enabled lease guarantee platform. The platform, which serves as …

Berkshire’s Applied Underwriters Defends Workers’ Comp Products, Says Brokers Should Not Be at Risk

Legal and regulatory squabbles in New York, California and other states involving Berkshire Hathaway and its Applied Underwriter affiliates over particular workers’ compensation products should not have any negative effects on brokers who dealt with the products, according to a …

GOLD Best Agency to Work For – East: Cleary Insurance

Best Agency to Work For – East Cleary Insurance, Boston, Massachusetts Cleary Insurance Believes in Embracing Risk When William J. Cleary III and his father, William J. Cleary Jr., decided to take a risk 25 years ago, Cleary Insurance, a …

New York Proposes Cybersecurity Regulation for Insurers, Banks

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has proposed cybersecurity regulation for financial services companies that aims to protect New York state’s financial services industry from an increasing risk of cyber attacks, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced. The proposed …

Firms Should Look Closely at Data Practices, New York Conference Panelists Say

Panelists at the 2016 Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) Cyber Liability Symposium held Tuesday at the Hilton Midtown in New York City urged companies to take a closer look at data aggregation practices as regulators have begun to take a …

New York Cyber Conference Panelists Stress Importance of Unified Cybersecurity Plan

As cyber attacks become a growing concern with advances in technology, firms should be working to establish a cybersecurity plan that is cohesive across business operations to effectively reduce damage and cyber insurance claims, according to panelists at the 2016 …