Current Market Conditions Require Precision Guided Growth Having spent the last few years slogging through a thorough reunderwriting process, many carriers are now feeling a ...

Commercial Auto Insurers Look To Keep On TruckingEver notice how much the commercial auto insurance market is like the weather? The entire property-casualty industry talks ...

Broad-Brush Approach Dooms WC Strategic Plans"For every human problem, there is a neat, simple solution; and it is always wrong." While H.L. Mencken formulated this ...

As E-Commerce Expands, So Do Insurable ExposuresCommercial lines insurers have paid considerable attention to the rapid growth of "dot-coms," and the attendant risks inherent in ...

Strong Underwriting Needed To Weather Truck Market StormsMarketStances Nov. 25, 2002, looked at the stormy weather currently buffeting the market for commercial auto insurance. In ...

Nat'l Accounts Expanding, But Alt. Market Threat Looms Within commercial lines, the national accounts market segment is viewed a bit like the U.S. government. Everyone ...

Carriers, Agents From MarsShould Prospect On VenusAsk any group of agents to describe the ideal small commercial insurance buyer. Tough to pin down, isnt it? ...