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Private Flood Insurers Not Yet Ready to Fill Massive U.S. Protection Gap
The flood insurance protection gap in the United States is massive, but the take-up rate of private flood insurance continues to be low. The relative inability of private insurers to penetrate the ...
Hurricane Florence Demonstrates Perils of Being Underinsured/ Uninsured, Says RMS
Hurricane Florence caused extensive freshwater flood damage in the Carolinas and parts of Virginia in September—and about 70 percent of those flood losses will be uninsured, according to RMS. "The ...
Why Writing Small Business Takes Thinking Big
According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, the United States has 29.6 million small businesses and more than a third of the U.S. working population is employed at businesses with fewer than ...
Better Answers or Fewer Questions; Two Sides to the Commercial Underwriting Improvement Coin
Commercial property/casualty insurance underwriting today is a complicated, often messy process. Many times the agent sends new business applications, loss runs and other documents (together known as ...
Cryptojacking: Where Stealth Meets Payoff
Most of us are well aware of ransomware and how prolific of an attack vector it has become. Attacks such as SamSam, WannaCry, NotPetya, Petya and others have resulted in significant economic damage ...
Market Intelligence: How to See What Your Competitors Are Up To
Insurance carriers consistently have relied upon data and research analytics to underwrite and manage the most profitable portfolios. However, as new products, distribution channels and servicing ...
Nationwide Anticipates Small Business Insurance Needs Through Multiple Fronts
One of the bigger parts of Mark Berven's job is to develop ideas that anticipate customers' future needs and then act on them. Berven is president and chief operating officer of Nationwide Property ...
Data Sources of the Future Tie Carriers Closer to Customers
Insurance spans multiple generations of consumers, from tech-savvy millennials to Gen X to retiring baby boomers. The traditionalist may still prefer visiting an agent and writing paper checks for ...