February 5, 2024 Agents of the Year Wishes & Predictions for 2024 from Industry Thought Leaders

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National Coverage

• Editor's Note
  Hard Market Prices Continue
  While not news to independent agents, commercial lines renewal rates...
• Features
  10 Largest Auto Insurers Each Raised Rates by Double Digits in 2023
  According to S&P Global Market Intelligence's RateWatch, Farmers...
• Features
  Another View: Yes, P/C Industry Underwriting Profit Will Be Back in ’24
  Not all analysts think an underwriting profit is out of reach for...
• Features
  USGS: Nearly 75% of US Could Experience A Damaging Earthquake
  Nearly 75% of the U.S. could experience damaging earthquake shaking,...
• Features
  Travelers’ Q4 Net Income Skyrockets as Personal Lines Reverses Underwriting Loss
  Net income at The Travelers Cos. for the last quarter of 2023 about...
• Features
  No Sugarcoating: Availability Before Affordability, California Regulator Says
  If the old adage "As California goes, so goes the nation" is true,...
• Features
  Reinsurers’ Casualty Appetites Varied, but Capacity Was ‘Ample’ During 1/1 Renewals
  Reinsurers had varied appetites for casualty reinsurance during the...
• Features
  Majority of Underwriters Predict Cyber Risks Grow ‘Greatly’ in 2024: Survey
  Underwriters who thought the growing cyber risk landscape of the past...
• Features
  Cyber Threats Top Global Business Risk Concern for 2024: Allianz
  Cyber-related incidents such as ransomware attacks, data breaches and...
• Features
  Southwest Wins Appeal in Cyber Excess Coverage Dispute With Liberty
  The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in mid-January that...
• Features
  Secondary Perils Drive Global Insured Losses to Estimated $123B in 2023: Gallagher Re
  Non-peak (secondary) perils and record-setting weather and climate...
• Features
  Survey: Carrier Connectivity Top of Mind for Agents
  Agents continue to favor carriers and MGAs that offer automation,...
• Features
  What’s to Come in 2024: Hard Market, AI Expansion, More Catastrophes, Network Consolidation
  No one can predict the future, but insurance professionals are likely...
• Features
  Insurance Agency Client Service Hiring Trends For 2024
  Every year, I think of this annual first column as a crystal ball...
• Features
  3 Areas for Agents to Focus Growth Efforts in 2024 As the Hard Market Continues
  We are obviously in one of the most intense hard markets of the last...
• Features
  California’s Homeowners Insurance Shift: Population, Inflation and Admitted Insurer Exits
  The excess and surplus lines homeowners insurance market in...
• Features
  Performing Your Agency Report Card
  The beginning of a new year with all the related planning is a...
• Features
  The Growing Influence of LinkedIn on the Insurance Industry
  The insurance industry thrives on making meaningful connections with...
• Features
  The Time to Modernize Building Codes Is Now
  As we've seen for the past several years, severe weather is no longer...
• New Markets
  My New Markets
  Commercial Towing - Pollution Liability Market Detail: STRAVA...
• People & Places
  People & Places
  National Everest Insurance appointed Patrick Hagerty senior vice...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  East Arthur J. Gallagher, Hughes Insurance Arthur J. Gallagher &...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  Natural Catastrophe Challenges "We continue to witness an increase in...