Yearly Archives: <span>2014</span>
Defending Food Labeling Claims at the Class Certification Stage: A Recipe for Success
If you are shocked and surprised that your Crunch Berries have no berries, your Froot Loops contain no fruit and your "all natural" ice cream contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs), you're ...
Asbestos Liabilities: The New (Old) Emerging Risk
The financial challenges presented by asbestos liabilities are not fading away as most insurance professionals have long hoped. In fact, A.M. Best raised its estimate of ultimate asbestos liability ...
The Millennial Movement: How to Engage Next-Gen Insurance Buyers
By 2030, one generation will comprise 22 percent of the total population, making it the largest generation since the Baby Boomers, according to a 2010 report from MetLife Mature Market Institute. By ...
An Employer’s Guide to Securing Data in the Mobile Device Age
Do you remember when Palm introduced its revolutionary products back in 1997? Life then was simpler when it came to protecting corporate information on mobile devices, such as the PalmPilots and ...
Beyond Market Conduct Exams: How to Establish a Compliance Culture at a P/C Carrier
Resources invested in compliance are somewhat like premiums paid for insurance policies—paying upfront today prevents you from having to pay more later. Although midsize carriers may need to expend ...The Tech Broker
Insurers aren't the only entities finding opportunity in a technology-driven market. Elizabeth Sullivan, vice president at EG Bowman, a New York-based commercial and personal lines insurance broker, ...
The New Insurance Marketing Playground
When Marissa Buckley asked her focus group their general thoughts regarding shopping for homeowners insurance, the responses were brutally honest. "I'd rather stick a needle in my eye" and "I'd ...
FIO’s Affordability Study Needs Unified Industry Input: Howard Mills’ View
There are very few sure things in life, but among the closest to a certainty is that every year, on the ubiquitous year-end lists of top risks insurers face in the year to come, regulatory risk will ...