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One of the lasting legacies of the pandemic is an increase in remote workers, which has left an imprint on the employment practices liability insurance market.

Wildfire Defense Syndicate 1996 provides excess & surplus lines property insurance in California for wildfire-exposed commercial risks.

Cyber liability insurance is only becoming more necessary for commercial clients, but if they don’t have the right risk mitigation practices in place, they may have difficulty finding coverage.

“Cyberattacks are only going to continue to increase,” says independent agent Evan Bundschuh. “In response, you’re going to see more and more vendors and business partners requiring cyber insurance.”

While the cyber market is not considered to be contributing to the hard market, indicators point to its potential for volatility.

Coalition’s Executive Risks Insurance Designed for Not-for-Profits offers coverage including directors & officers, employment practices liability insurance, fiduciary liability and crime insurance.

For independent agents, selling life insurance has traditionally involved more effort than other lines of business, but today the life insurance market is ripe with opportunity.

The package provides a new combination of cyber insurance coverage and cyber risk resilience tools that are flexible and responsive to situational needs.”

Last week, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced his Sustainable Insurance Strategy to improve capacity and offer rate relief.

“People are always looking for better opportunities and the constant changes in underwriting guidelines,” says independent agent Rajan Nurnie. “An improvement I have seen is that it used to take up to two weeks to get a quote back, and now it takes just