Content from Don Jergler
Lloyd’s America Chief Sells Benefits of E&S Sector to Students and Execs
If insurance is the best kept secret in the business world, then the E&S sector is the best kept secret in the insurance industry. That's according to Hank Watkins, president of Lloyd's America, ...
Few Rideshare Drivers Have Insurance, But Interest Is Growing
A large portion of rideshare drivers do not have the required insurance—but more are buying it or seem to be more interested in it. According to a recent survey by the Rideshare Guy, roughly 1 in 5 ...
Why Google’s Online Insurance Experiment Failed: The Insurance Industry Sounds Off
The insurance industry had a lot to say about what Google did wrong a day after the search engine giant said it would be pulling the plug on its year-long Google Compare experiment selling auto ...
Exclusive: Google Reportedly Will Shut Down Online Insurance Site
It appears Google Compare's grand experiment in online comparison shopping for auto insurance is dead – for now at least. Insurance Journal has learned that two of Google Compare's major partners ...
Huge Workers Comp Issue: Premium/Payroll Misclassification
Premium misclassification or payroll misclassification is a significant issue for the workers' compensation industry, according to Bret Shroyer, a solutions architect for Denver, Colo.-based Valen ...
ACE Buys 24% Stake in Tech Outfit Developing Online Commercial Insurance Platform
CoverHound has raised $33.3 million in a financing round led by ACE Group, which the company plans to use to build an online commercial insurance platform starting with businessowners policy ...
California Workers Comp Premiums Growing By Double Digits: WCIRB
Workers' compensation premiums in California continue to grow at double-digit rates, according to the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. The WCIRB recently released its "State of the ...
Is Climate Change Now Its Own Industry?
Interest in climate change is becoming an increasingly powerful economic driver, so much so that some see it as an industry in itself whose growth is driven in large part by policymaking. The $1.5 ...