Commercial Lines

In the first installment of a new monthly column offering an off-beat take on current trends in the industry, find out why it’s time to prepare for an insurance winter.

Berkley Design Professional’s innovative approach to professional liability insurance addresses the current business litigation climate and provides a solution for both design firms and owners or developers.

Although it’s a difficult discussion to have, it’s necessary to address this rapidly evolving and expanding risk.

Small business owners are facing a variety of new and challenging exposures, which are shifting the makeup of professional liability risk and changing the way business owners must approach risk management.

In the professional liability insurance industry, independent agent Kaitlin Kelly says that it’s valuable to spend time with and learn alongside the professionals you protect.

While trying to remove construction debris from a client’s window, a window cleaner scratches the gIass. Is it considered faulty workmanship and is there any way to cover it?

Despite several years of ample capacity and rate decreases in the workers compensation insurance market, the persistent labor shortage could present serious challenges in the near future.

To keep up with future trends in workers compensation, independent agent Deb Conway-Plathe says it’s imperative agents continue to have conversations with customers to encourage them to purchase appropriate limits.

An insured was hauling asphalt for hire when their truck overturned, spilling the load and damaging the mowed and kept medium area. Who pays for the cleanup?

Most insurance market cycles are pretty straightforward—yet what’s currently happening in the workers compensation market defies the usual logic.