IA Magazine

Senate Holds Hearing on Challenges in the Property Insurance Market

The hearing highlighted the recent property insurance market turmoil due to the major disasters in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, California, Hawaii and Vermont.

Posted: Sep 06, 2023

How AI Can Help Keep Vehicle Repair Costs in Check

The right data can be used to properly maintain vehicles while also helping clients control the cost of repairs—a major factor in keeping rising insurance premiums in check.

Posted: Sep 05, 2023

Going Out of Business: Returning the Premium on a Cancelled Commercial Policy

The agency sent the return premium check to the first named insured, but was informed the entity is dissolved and was requested to send the check to an individual.

Posted: Aug 31, 2023

Charles Symington Becomes Big ‘I’ President & CEO

Symington heads the association after serving as its executive vice president.

Posted: Aug 31, 2023

Hurricane Idalia Brings Flood Insurance into Focus

The severe flooding in the Southeast U.S. brought by Hurricane Idalia highlights the importance of flood insurance.

Posted: Aug 30, 2023

How to Generate Referrals for Your Agency

Here are five questions to help agencies generate referrals and achieve organic growth through a consistent pipeline of new prospects.

Posted: Aug 30, 2023

Agency Nation Meets: Rod Hughes

Rod Hughes is president and principal of Kimball Hughes Public Relations and has consulted with Fortune 500 corporations, startups and nonprofits alike.

Posted: Aug 30, 2023

Agency Nation Meets: Rod Hughes

Rod Hughes is president and principal of Kimball Hughes Public Relations and has consulted with Fortune 500 corporations, startups and nonprofits alike.

Posted: Aug 30, 2023

4 Ways Newly Licensed P&C Agents Can Climb the Learning Curve

Learn the common mistakes of a newly licensed agents that can trigger an E&O claim and result in a catastrophic financial loss for the agent or the agency.

Posted: Aug 29, 2023

Beazley Rolls Out MiscMed Product

The product provides protection for medical professional liability exposures arising out of a wide range of health-care related businesses.

Posted: Aug 27, 2023

4 Carriers’ Perspectives on Safety Tech and Workers Comp

In the first of a three-part series, The National Council on Compensation Insurance explored several carrier perspectives on the latest trends in safety technology in the workplace.

Posted: Aug 27, 2023

How Reinsurance Rates Are Contributing to the Hard Market

After more than a decade of soft reinsurance rates, conditions changed considerably with reinsurance rates increasing for catastrophe-prone property and specialty lines of business.

Posted: Aug 27, 2023

How Pet Insurance Can Help Your Agency Grow

Discover how selling pet insurance can give your agency a steady source of new leads and cross-selling opportunities.

Posted: Aug 27, 2023

Lease Purchase Agreement: How to Protect Tenant’s Insurable Interest in Building

A commercial insured that rents a building has a sales installment to buy the building from the landlord. The landlord maintains the title of the building and carries building insurance, with no coverage for the tenant.

Posted: Aug 24, 2023

Why Small Independent Insurance Agencies Should Use Google Ads

Here are five benefits of using Google Ads for small independent agencies.

Posted: Aug 22, 2023

How to Turn Agency Critics into Agency Advocates

With its ability to pinpoint opportunities for improvement, the net promoter score, a critical metric in customer experience programs, has been a leading tool for bettering customer interactions.

Posted: Aug 22, 2023

Prepare Businesses to Protect Their Workforce from Wildfire-Related Air Quality Issues

After the immediate devastation of a wildfire, pollutants and smoke can spread and continue to present dangers far beyond the more focused destruction of a blaze. Agents can help commercial clients identify a mitigation plan.

Posted: Aug 20, 2023

Prepare Businesses to Protect Their Workforce from Wildfire-Related Air Quality Issues

After the immediate devastation of a wildfire, pollutants and smoke can spread and continue to present dangers far beyond the more focused destruction of a blaze. Agents can help commercial clients identify a mitigation plan.

Posted: Aug 20, 2023