Brand Management & Sales
MGAs Next to Feel Capital Markets Impact: AmWINS’ DeCarlo
Now that traditional reinsurers are adjusting to the idea that third-party capital providers have moved into their space, managing general agents may be next to feel the negative impact of new ...
How Insurers Can Wield Social Media to Attract Millennial Customers
Bloomberg has reported that the rate of home ownership in the United States is at its lowest level in 20 years and the number of first-time buyers entering the market is at an almost 30-year low. The ...
Cyber Risk Insurers Lag in Buying Cyber Cover
As recently as two years ago, only half of the top 10 carriers writing cyber insurance had purchased cyber coverage themselves, a broker specialist said recently. During an interview at the Standard ...
AmWINS New Cyber Facility Offering $100M XS Capacity
Pointing to the declining appetites of insurers offering cyber insurance to large insureds, AmWINS announced the launch of a new dedicated excess facility, offering up to $100 million in excess cyber ...
Everest Re Brings on Swiss Re Exec to Help Build U.S. Business
Everest Re Group Ltd. hired Dane Lopes as head of sales and distribution for U.S.insurance operations as disruption in the industry pushes established firms to solidify relationships with clients and ...
Insurance Claims Specialist Wins $230K in Robocall Complaint
Many people dislike receiving robocalls. Araceli King disliked receiving 153 of them from a single company. Time Warner Cable Inc. must pay the insurance claims specialist $229,500 for placing 153 ...
A Surprising Way to Achieve Price Competitiveness
How can a company liberate itself from the death spiral of product commoditization? Competing on price is generally a losing proposition—and a very exhausting way to run a business. But when a ...
Reuters Column: Are Loyal Drivers Paying More to Insurers?
When Jonathan G. Stein became unhappy with his long-time car insurance carrier earlier this year, the 41-year-old lawyer from Elk Grove, California switched to a new company. How was he rewarded for ...