In this Issue

• Features

  WTW Upgrades Hawaiian Coral Reef Parametric Insurance Policy
  WTW and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announced the purchase of a new…

• Features

  SAIF in Oregon Reports Ice Caused Most Workplace Slips, Trips, Falls in 7 Years
  SAIF in Oregon, which reported receiving 400-plus claims after…

• Features

  Southern California Tops List of Wheel and Tire Claims for Second Straight Quarter
  Los Angeles and Orange County are number one of the top 20 list for a…

• Features

  Symphony Risk in California Launches Captive Program for Cannabis Industry
  Symphony Grow is launching a bespoke captive insurance program for…

• Features

  Construction Insurtech Shepherd in California Raises $13.5M in Series A Funding
  San Francisco, California-based insurtech Shepherd announced it…

National Coverage

• Editor’s Note

  Wild West
  Use of artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise but most firms…

• Features

  Casualty Reinsurance Renewals See Modest Price Hikes Despite Social Inflation: AM Best
  Reinsurers in general maintained adequate capacity for casualty…

• Features

  Continued Growth for Surplus Lines in 2023 as Premiums Up 14.6%
  The excess and surplus lines market continued to grow in 2023, with…

• Features

  Why Totaled Auto Losses Are Hard to Pin Down
  The auto insurance market is tough and varied. Totaled auto losses…

• Features

  High-Net-Worth Market Opportunities
  The definition of a high-net-worth client varies, but it’s not…

• Features

  Top 4 Alternatives to Purchasing Homeowners Insurance
  Homeowners insurance companies are having a rough year. What’s worse…

• Features

  Small Business Market: Rising Costs, Hard Market Remain but Hope for New Opportunities Holds
  There are reasons to be optimistic about the small business insurance…

• Features

  Small Business Cyber Gap
  Yvette Prichard says cyber insurance continues to be an area where…

• Features

  Innovative Tools and Platforms for Insurance Marketing
  Maintaining a progressive approach to marketing is crucial for an…

• Features

  Don’t Let Criminals Steal a Guest’s Good Time: Theft Awareness and Prevention in the Hospitality Industry
  Theft is an opportunistic crime, and few places provide more…

• Features

  Tomorrow’s Insurance Agent: Leveraging New Skill Sets Next Gens Bring to the Table
  For the last decade and a half, business leaders have struggled to…

• Features

  That Insurance Talent Crisis? It’s a Global Knowledge Opportunity
  Over the next 15 years, 50% of the current insurance workforce will…

• New Markets

  My New Markets
  Long Haul Trucking Auto Liability Market Detail: Innovative Risk…

• People & Places

  People & Places
  National Xceedance, headquartered in Boston, appointed Peter Flynn as…

• Business Moves

  Business Moves
  East Webster Bank, Ametros Financial Corp. Connecticut-based Webster…

• Declarations

  Declarations
  Identified Threat Actors “Independent of whether there’s any…