Independent agents continue to dominate commercial lines while rivaling direct response writers and captive carriers in personal lines business, according to the 21st Market Share Report from the Big “I.”
It’s an uncertain time for your small commercial clients as important issues like health care and tax reform continue to be shifting targets.
Since starting an independent agency with his wife about a decade ago, Shane Page says small businesses and the owners who run them are the “building blocks” of the business.
After a contractor installs a new heat exchanger and winterizes the system, it sustains damage from freezing. Can the carrier deny the claim?
In the second quarter of 2017, the composite rates for commercial and personal lines were up +1% and +2.5%, respectively, according to the quarterly MarketScout pricing survey.
Small to midsize businesses can now purchase coverage for contractors pollution liability, environmental impairment liability and more through a new partnership between Beazley and VALE.
Many nonprofits serve vulnerable populations. To manage the associated risks, Charity First offers insurance coverage that focuses on sexual abuse and molestation—in addition to social service professional liability, auto and more.
Even if you don’t insure construction-type operations, you’re still guaranteed to face contractual risk transfer language at some point.
Millennials are more likely to purchase, service and modify their insurance online or through other electronic methods. How does the potential for an errors & omissions claim increase with this shift toward a virtual marketplace?
Dyste Williams Agency has acquired 11 other agencies since 1992 and, with five producers, is dedicated to building relationships with small business clients by providing resources that large firms can access more readily.