Less than 12 percent of U.S. homeowners have a flood insurance policy, despite the fact that flooding is the country’s most common natural disaster, said Katy Sivyer, underwriter for North America and the Caribbean at Hiscox Re & ILS. This …
Wind is the most common claim while fire is the most expensive claim for homeowners, according to Travelers Companies’ recently released Top Ways Things Can Go Wrong interactive report. The report examines the company’s national homeowners insurance claim data from …
Cybersecurity is the top directors and officers (D&O) liability concern for organizations today, while claims brought by employees, including claims for harassment or discrimination, and regulatory enforcement risks are also critical D&O exposures. According to Willis Towers Watson’s 2018 Management …
1 Make Decisions Driven by Data To know where you’re going, you have to know where you’ve been. Historically, how long has the agency taken to hire, from start to finish, service (account managers, analysts and CSRs), sales and marketing, …
This year marks the 14th annual publication of Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Agencies special report. This year’s Top 100 welcomes 12 newcomers and returning agencies: EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants; UniVista Insurance; Towne Insurance; Alera Group; TRICOR Inc.; Atlas Insurance …
It’s hard to believe but August brings us to the one-year anniversary of the watery nightmare that was Hurricane Harvey and the beginning of the remarkable 2017 hurricane season that also featured Hurricane Irma (marking the first ever U.S. landfall …
Campus Guns “College campuses as gun-free zones present an environment where murderers, rapists and other criminals may commit crimes without fear of being harmed by their victims.” — An NRA lobbyist who supported a new Tennessee law to allow state …
Have you ever watched someone try to finish a jigsaw puzzle with pieces missing? There are still a few hundred pieces to place, but there is one open space in the middle of a grove of trees that beckons to …
Jewelers Block Market Detail: Berkley Asset Protection (www.berkleyassetpro.com) has more than 20 years of industry experience and offers coverage for physical loss or damage to precious and semi-precious stones, jewels, jewelry, precious metals and other related property usual to the …
Aftermarket Parts “By passing extremely narrow interest legislation to ban the use of aftermarket parts, the General Assembly has unfortunately voted to raise auto repair costs for Rhode Island drivers who, as a result, could end up paying the highest …
