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What’s in a Name? The Importance of Reputation Management
"Give a man a reputation as an early riser and he can sleep 'til noon," Mark Twain once said. Reputation is as important today as it was in Twain's day, but perhaps not necessarily as unassailable. ...
Google Compare Versus Agents: Who is Winning?
Insurance agents aren't dead yet, but even underwriters participating in the personal automobile insurance market may be looking for another line of work within the next two decades, industry ...
Five Ways to Turn Top Performers Into Leaders
You know your company's top performers. And of that group, you probably have a pretty good idea which workers have leadership potential. But how can you help those top performers improve their ...
Executive View: Underwriting Tech Drives Service for Agents, Customers
While there are many good reasons to invest in underwriting technology, for Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Company there is really just one primary driver behind everything that we do and that's ...
How to Thrive in the New Age of Underwriting
We are in the midst of a new age of underwriting—an age driven by technology. And the technology-driven era is not only changing the way underwriters work, but it is also transforming the ...
Asia P/C Investment Driven by Limits at Home: Arch Capital, XL Catlin Execs
It is pretty clear at this point: Asia investment in the European and U.S. P/C sectors last year is widely expected to continue through 2016. Reasons why this is happening, however, remain a matter ...
Ceres Analysis: How The Hartford Addresses Climate Risks and Seizes Opportunities
Companies that have been in existence for more than two centuries tend to be founded upon core values. In the business of insurance, which is predicated on the customer's trust that the insurer will ...
2016 May See a Mixed Message from Global Financial Markets
What will 2016 bring for the world economy? Financial markets are sending a mixed message: There's reason to believe that the U.S. will outperform other major developed nations, but also to be wary ...