CrowdStrike Outage: 3 Takeaways for Independent Agents
The global tech outage highlights vulnerabilities in business continuity planning, cyber liability insurance and technology partners.
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Average Cost of a Data Breach Reaches All-Time High, says IBM Report
The global average breach cost reached $4.45 million, with detection and escalation the most expensive component—indicating a shift toward more extended and complex investigations.
HawkSoft Partners with Input 1 to Enable Premium Finance, Billing and Payments
Input 1 provides digital billing and payment solutions to insurance carriers, managing general agents (MGAs), banks, agencies and premium finance companies.
5 Key Findings from the Agency Universe Study 2022 – ACT Technology Summary
The Technology Summary reveals a number of key insights into the use and adoption of technology by independent agency members.
IVANS Acquires Ask Kodiak
The acquisition will further enhance the commercial lines connectivity solutions offered by IVANS, a division of Applied Systems.
7 Major Carriers Form Company to Tackle Cyber Risk
AIG, AXIS, Beazley, Chubb, The Hartford, Liberty Mutual Insurance and Travelers have formed a new entity to coordinate the industry’s response to cybercrime.
Accelerate 2021: Vertafore Reveals Products and Recognizes Big ‘I’
Vertafore kicked off Accelerate, powered by NetVU, by recognizing the contributions of the independent agent channel over the past year, reserving special praise for the Big “I” and its chairman, Jon Jensen.
