It wouldn’t feel right to close out the year without looking back at the most popular stories on Insurance Journal during the past 12 months. Here are the national stories that attracted the most readers in 2017, organized by six subtopics: News & Events; Policy; Markets; Management & Ideas; Agents/Brokers and Carriers.
News & Events
- Full-Fledged El Nino Increasingly Likely in Second Half 2017
- Insurers, Reinsurers Tally Maria, Irma, Harvey and Other Disaster Losses
- Insurers Face Potential $1 Billion in Claims for Las Vegas Mass Shooting
- Ex-CFO of Bankrupt Enron Offers D&O Lessons from Accounting’s ‘Gray’ Areas
- Facts About Fireworks: 11,000 Injuries, 4 Deaths in 2016
- Hurricane Cars Declared ‘Total Losses’ by Adjusters Are Now Back on Roads
- How ‘Bermuda High’ Threw Irma and Damage Estimates Off Course
- Is Equifax’s Cyber Insurance Enough to Cover Breach?
- Best Areas in U.S. to Live to Avoid Natural Disasters
- Top 10 Employment Discrimination Claims in 2016
Policy
- U.S. and EU Reach Agreement on Insurance Regulation
- What They Are Saying About Effects of Trump Tax Cuts on Insurance Industry
- Making a Federal Case Out of ‘Legal’ Marijuana Insurance Claims
- Trump Wants to Halt Government Flood Insurance for New Homes in Flood Zones
- Why the Federal Flood Program Is Sinking Deeper into Debt: CBO Report
- Trump Orders U.S. Exit from Pacific Trade Pact and Reset on NAFTA
- Weed Warning: Legalizing Marijuana Tied to Rise in Crashes in 3 States by HLDI
- House Passes Flood Insurance Program Extension with Reforms
- Trump Administration Argues U.S. Civil Rights Law Does Not Protect Gay Employees
- Here’s What the House Has in Mind for Revamping Flood Insurance Program
Markets
- Auto Insurance Market to Shrink by 70% by 2050: KPMG
- Tow Truck Market Gets Hit Hard as Carriers Exit Market
- What to Expect for Commercial Insurance Pricing for 2018: WTW’s Marketplace Realities
- Personal Auto Rate Hikes Not Keeping Up with Losses: Fitch
- P/C Insurers Enroute to Posting Underwriting Loss for 2016: A.M. Best
- RIMS 2017: Why Cyber Should Be Treated as Standalone Insurance
- Why 27% of U.S. Firms Have No Plans to Buy Cyber Insurance
- Why Workers’ Compensation Is Especially Needed Now: Report from WCRI Conference
- Cyber Insurance Premium Volume Grew 35% to $1.3 Billion in 2016
- Nonstandard Auto Insurance Market Continues on Downward Path: A.M. Best
Management & Ideas
- 101 Sales & Marketing Ideas for Agencies
- Insurance Industry Rethinking Recruitment Strategies
- The Hidden Cost of Bundling Insurance Policies
- Why the Insurance Industry Needs a Toothbrush and Other Notes from Record-Breaking InsureTech Connect Conference
- Will Technology Make Insurance Obsolete?
- Why and How P/C Insurance Carriers Should Work with Insurtechs
- Burand’s State of P/C Insurance Industry, Part 1: Agencies Facing Paradigm Shift
- After the Storm: Insurance Agents E&O Lessons Learned
- From Here to Autonomy Morality and Retirement Timeline for Auto Insurance Pros
- How Technology Is Changing Workers’ Compensation
Agents/Brokers
- USI Wins Competition to Acquire Wells Fargo Insurance Businesses
- Wells Fargo Weighing Sale of Insurance Brokerage Business
- 24 Independent Insurance, Benefits Agencies Form National Brokerage, Alera Group
- Wells Fargo Closing Down Its Personal Insurance Business
- Wells Fargo’s Latest Scandal: Selling Customers Auto Insurance They Didn’t Need
- What’s Up with Salaries at Insurance Agencies?
- AmWINS Acquiring 15 Insurance Programs from Willis Towers Watson
- In ‘Classic’ Soft Market Battle, Brokers and Carriers Attack Each Other
- As Auto Insurance Sales Stagnate, Carriers Turn to Agents: J.D. Power
- Aon Gains Upper Hand in Non-Compete and Poaching Lawsuit vs. Alliant
Carriers
- State Farm to Close 11 Offices, Displacing 4,200 Employees, After 2016 $7B Loss
- Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurance Keeps Growing and Hiring Despite Auto, Reinsurance Blips
- Liberty Mutual Completes Ironshore Acquisition; Will Use Ironshore Brand for U.S. Specialty Business
- AmTrust Gets $300M Boost from CEO’s Family
- Top 10 Highest-Performing Large Commercial Insurers: J.D. Power
- AIG Restructures Again; Commercial Lines CEO Schimek to Leave
- AIG Agrees to Acquire Hamilton USA, Partner with Two Sigma, Grow Insurtech Attune
- AmTrust Selling Stake in Certain Units to Raise $950M
- Hanover Insurance Restructures Agency Business; Eyes Specialty Expansion
- How Lemonade Is Deciding Who Else May Sell Its Insurance
Related:
- Top Insurance Journal International Stories of 2017
- Top Insurance Journal East Stories of 2017
- Top Insurance Journal Midwest Stories of 2017
- Top Insurance Journal South Central Stories of 2017
- Top Insurance Journal Southeast Stories of 2017
- Top Insurance Journal West Stories of 2017
Topics USA Cyber Carriers Auto Agencies Flood Tech Market Property Casualty
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