Market Insights

IF SOMEONE referred to your newborn child as "the plumb bob," you probably wouldn't be thrilled. But for me, the comment conveyed genuine closeness and affection from my main group of clients: land surveyors. Our agency insures about 3,000 of them

The insurance IT world never may return to the glory days of the late 1990s, but things finally are progressing beyond the cautious optimism that ...

THE PROBLEM of construction defects has made writing insurance for homebuilders seem almost as difficult as the home-building process itself. Insurance companies have given away too much coverage in the past. Courts have interpreted insurance

Filling the GAAP (and SAP) Financial reporting systems help make things easier for insurers,but theres still more art than automation in the reporting process.byMaybe if ...

AT THE annual convention of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, which was held in October in Orlando, Fla., a panel of insurance company chief executive officers presented their views on the likely state of the market in 2005, as

THERE IS often a misconception among directors and offices of privately held companies that they are somewhat insulated from D&O litigation because they are not as visible as their counterparts in publicly-owned companies are. But based on recent

YOU SIT down at the table and begin to peruse the menu while sipping your complimentary glass of ice water. After a few moments, a waiter or waitress approaches. Regardless of the style of restaurant or what's on the menu, the first question is

"Have I got an insurance story for you!" One thing I've learned from working in this industry is that people love to tell me "insurance stories." A common element in these stories is an unpleasant experience for the insured-usually resulting from a