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Disaster Planning Mistakes: Hiding in Plain Sight

Here are a few key aspects to consider planning for as we look forward to the threats of severe spring weather—and the unexpected risks of isolated incidents that could spell disaster for your agency.

Builders Risk: Get It While It’s Hot

Pricing in builders risk tends to coincide with two sectors of the U.S. economy: construction and transportation. Wondering what construction trends are affecting builders risk underwriting and pricing? Here’s what’s happening in this fickle market.

From the Front Lines: Builders Risk

If one thing has changed for builders risk insurance over the last decade or two, it’s more competition, according to independent agent Maureen Scholz—and superior coverage forms as a result.

How to Make Your Employees Love Where They Work

You’ve probably seen businesses in your community earn the coveted “best place to work” awards. Here are five initiatives, programs and ideas that’ll make your employees look forward to their jobs.

From the Front Lines: Flood

“Everybody likes the water when it’s a beautiful day,” says independent agent Fletcher Willey, president of J. Fletcher Willey Agency, Inc. in Nags Head, North Carolina. “But when the water gets angry, you better have flood insurance.”

Strange But True: Unusual E&O Claims

Errors & omissions claims usually arise from a specific type of error. But once in a while, a claim comes up that’s downright bizarre. Would your agency be susceptible to a similar claim?

P-C Performance Metrics on the Rise

Reversing steep declines in net income and overall profitability in 2014, private U.S. property-casualty insurers grew net income after taxes 14.1% to $44.0 billion in the first nine months of 2015.

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