3 Ways to Mitigate Personal Lines Risk During the Holiday Season
No matter which holidays your client celebrates, independent agents can use this time as an opportunity to reengage and ensure they have safety top of mind.

No matter which holidays your client celebrates, independent agents can use this time as an opportunity to reengage and ensure they have safety top of mind.
With the increasing cost of insurance, inflated gas prices and supply-chain issues leading to rising costs for cars, the personal auto insurance market is on a bumpy road.
Inflation is driving up loss costs, carriers are increasing rates and underwriting guidelines are being tightened—all leading to a deteriorating auto insurance market.
In 2021, the Great Reopening brought with it a return of the auto errors & omissions claim. Swiss Re received 183 of them last year and 2022 is on track to surpass it.
Here are four potential issues that can occur during the colder months and how agents can help clients be better prepared.
Is it best practice to ensure that the personal umbrella policy effective date aligns with the date on the homeowners policy, personal auto policy or any other underlying coverage?
With inflation peaking at its highest level in 40 years, auto loss ratios are at their second highest in over 20 years.
This year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Fire won’t wait. Plan your escape,™” works to educate everyone about simple but important actions to help stay safe from home fires.
Dog-related claims are taking a bite out of insurer profitability, so underwriting standards are becoming more stringent.
When home systems break down, the costs to repair or replace even one of them can run well into the thousands.