April 21, 2025 The Young Agents Issue with Survey Results Markets: Directors & Officers Liability

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• Features
  Delivery Company Must Repay $2M for Workers’ Comp Scheme
  A Los Angeles, California, couple was sentenced after an...
• Features
  California Plumbing Contractor Ordered to Pay $1M for Workers’ Comp Fraud
  A plumbing contractor has been ordered to pay $1 million in...

National Coverage

• Editor's Note
  Young Agent Leaders
  There's no better time to excel and grow in the insurance world, some...
• Features
  AccuWeather: Severe Storms in Central US Cause $80-$90B in Damages, Economic Loss
  A multiday severe weather outbreak in the central U.S. caused an...
• Features
  MarketScout: Q1 Composite Personal Lines Rates Up 4.9%; Commercial Rates Up 3%
  According to the MarketScout Market Barometer, the composite rate for...
• Features
  Tariffs Will Lead to 2M Fewer Auto Sales in US This Year, Firm Forecasts
  U.S. and Canada auto sales could decline by 1.8 million vehicles this...
• Features
  Insurance Research Council Finds Personal Auto Insurance Affordability Better Than in the 2000s
  According to a new report from the Insurance Research Council, auto...
• Features
  Small Businesses Continue to Be Underserved by Cyber Insurers: CyberCube Report
  Cyber risk analytics firm CyberCube in a report said the cyber...
• Features
  Supreme Court: Truck Driver Can Seek Treble Damages Over THC in CBD Product
  The Supreme Court on April 2 sided with a truck driver who wants to...
• Features
  Premium Growth Is Good but Disciplined Growth Is Better: Lloyd’s Execs Say
  Lloyd's executives said the market has continued to demonstrate its...
• Features
  Soft D&O Market May Come to an End as Risk Complexities Rise
  Buyers of directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance have...
• Features
  Revisiting California’s Wildfires: A Personal Journey
  PART TWO OF A TWO-PART SERIES In this second article in a two-part...
• Features
  Buyer-Friendly April Reinsurance Renewal Bodes Well for Mid-Year Renewals: Brokers
  The April reinsurance renewals saw a competitive, buyer-friendly...
• Features
  The Good and Bad About Being an Independent Insurance Agent
  What's so great about being a young independent agent today? Freedom,...
• Features
  Gen AI Is Shaking Up Underwriting, but Can It Replace Human Judgment?
  Artificial intelligence technology has continued to evolve, and it's...
• Features
  Majority of Small Business Leaders Think AI Will Play ‘Crucial Role’ in Work Safety
  More than half of small business leaders believe artificial...
• Features
  Wildfires and Lessons Learned
  "I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are...
• Features
  3 Emerging Risks to Watch: 6G Wireless Technology, Autonomous Trucks, Kratom
  It seemed not so long ago that many wireless carriers were in a race...
• Features
  Perpetuation Planning – Part One
  Perpetuation planning should begin long before owners want to retire....
• Features
  What Does the Future Hold for Independent Agencies?
  Wouldn't it be nice to know what the future holds? The insurance...
• Features
  Fighting Insurance Fraud: A Long-Term Win for the Industry
  Fraud has long plagued the insurance industry, particularly in...
• New Markets
  My New Markets
  Excess Property Market Detail: Excess Limits Property coverage with...
• People & Places
  People & Places
  National Tobias "Toby" Cushing, previously casualty technical...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  National Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., W.R. Berkely Corp. Japanese...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  Proxy Discrimination "The data insurers use for risk-based pricing is...