Market Insights

PROFESSIONAL education and competence are essential to the career of anyone in the insurance industry, but perhaps even more so to general agents, wholesalers and surplus-lines brokers. To provide the specialized training needed to navigate the E&S

With workers' compensation medical costs continuing to consume a huge portion of the benefit dollar -- a recent high of 57 percent -- buyers are more motivated than ever to put the right cost controls

The world of insurance constantly changes, and it will continue its dynamic course of developing and responding to risk. The conventional wisdom and practices that affect behaviors and cultures in agencies, brokerage firms, and insurance and

AS HURRICANE season gets into full swing, all segments of the insurance business are speculating about what may lie ahead and how the industry will respond. At the American Association of Managing General Agents' annual convention, which was held in

THE E&S marketplace is a valuable tool for most independent agents and brokers. Indeed, American Agent & Broker's annual reader survey consistently shows that nearly 90% of the magazine's recipients regularly work with E&S carriers,

For someone who spent the spring navigating through the labyrinth of politics in the close quarters of the Capitol, there is something to be said about traveling to some of the summer conventions