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2021 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory

Self-Leadership: Tips for Navigating the Quarantine Jan 8 Society of Insurance Trainers & Educators https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P-BeAjpuRLeuTUiVu0-S1g [inline-ad-1] 2021 Gamma Iota Sigma Regional Conference Series Jan 22-29 VFairs virtual event platform Gamma Iota Sigma https://web.cvent.com/event/b65fb4dd-dd27-4efc-add3-034b2ba70f11/summary?RefId=GISRC2021 WSIA Surplus Lines Management Feb 1-4 WSIA …

Can Insurance-Related Firms Compel Employees to Get COVID-19 Vaccination?

The long-awaited and highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccine is here. The first to arrive on the scene, from Pfizer-BioNTech, received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration several days ago. On the heels of that, Moderna’s version got the …

Heavy Burden on Fleet Owners

The sharply rising cost of fleet insurance over the past several years has placed a heavy burden on fleet owners. Last year, the American Transportation Research Institute reported that insurance costs rose 12% from 2017 to 2018, the second fastest …

Directors & Officers Risk Landscape Shaped by Insolvencies, COVID, Activism

While the COVID-19 pandemic presents risks for directors and officers (D&O), it is far from the only force these insureds and their insurers will be dealing with in the year ahead. Rising insolvency exposures, growing cybersecurity threats and persistent securities …

Employment Practices Insurance in the Age of Covid

Overall trends for the past 30 years in the employment practices liability insurance market have been influenced by society and culture. As concerns over racial and disability discrimination, sexual harassment, gender inequality, wage-and-hour enforcement, and now COVID ebb and flow, …

Extreme Systemization and Stratification of Agency Operations

A few years ago, Catherine had a total knee replacement by an excellent orthopedic surgeon in Fremont, Calif. Dr. John Dearborn was recommended by two of our insurance clients that have had incredible success. This surgeon implemented “systematic processing” of …

How to Deal with a New Set of Risk Priorities

Three risk management alerts arrive in a CEO’s inbox. Which one gets the most attention? Umbrella liability insurance renewal costs are expected to increase by 30% to 50%. Unfavorable workers’ compensation trends will materially impact earnings this quarter. A well-known …

Introducing the 2020 Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame

The year 2020 would not be complete without a recap of America’s worst insurance fraud crimes. Homeless New Yorkers targeted in a $31.7 million slip-and-fall ring. A sober-home mogul trades sex for drugs. A billionaire insurance mogul attempts to bribe …

Insurers Not Quitting on Cyber Even as Risks Mount

It could go down as one of the most significant cyber attacks yet. Russian hackers breached a number of U.S. government agencies and dozens of private businesses through a tainted update downloaded for network-monitoring software made by SolarWinds. Potentially significant …

Lloyd’s Moves to End Insurance and Investments in Coal for Climate Sustainability

The Lloyd’s market is moving to end its insurance cover for coal and oil sands businesses while at the same time ceasing investments in such carbon-producing assets by Jan. 1, 2022. As part of its plan to accelerate the transition …

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