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AI Without the Risk: A Small Agency’s Guide to AI Governance and Data Security
Most growth-focused agency owners in the insurance industry are eager to use automation for the efficiency gains it promises. But many are still stuck on one question: Is artificial intelligence (AI) safe for insurance agents to use with client data? …
POSTED JULY 16, 2026 9:00 AM |
Risk & Insurance Education Alliance’s Analysis of Risk Course Is Now Available in a Self-Paced Format
In response to the popularity of its self-paced format, the Risk & Insurance Education Alliance recently added another self-paced course to the Certified Risk Manager (CRM) designation: Analysis of Risk. Like other CRM courses, Analysis of Risk remains available in …
POSTED JULY 15, 2026 9:00 AM |
The 5 Tech Stack Mistakes That Keep Scratch Agencies from Scaling
Key Takeaways Most agency scaling problems aren’t sales problems, they’re wiring problems, traced back to year-one technology decisions that don’t hold up as the book grows. A comparative rater is one capability, not a system; treating it as the whole …
POSTED JULY 15, 2026 9:00 AM |
Mitigating Urban Hurricane Risk with Grassroots Conversations
While high-level boardroom strategies and contingency plans are essential, it’s the daily, “boots on the ground” conversations that can more imminently move the needle. Immediate, practical discussions between insurance professionals and policyholders can save families and insurers massive costs in …
POSTED JULY 13, 2026 9:00 AM |
Cyber Risk Discovers Insurance Infrastructure
It seems like we get alerted of another data breach or other cyber incident every week. These incidents have gone beyond what we expect. It’s more than the retailer or the online store. We are seeing hospitals, cities, and more …
POSTED JULY 08, 2026 7:27 PM |
Life Sciences: Where Innovation Meets Risk
The life sciences industry, long known for its innovation and complexity, continues to evolve at a remarkable pace. From AI-powered diagnostics to wearable monitors and at-home genetic testing kits, today’s technologies are changing the way products are developed, distributed and …
POSTED JULY 08, 2026 9:00 AM |
Workflow Debt: The Hidden Barrier to Scaling Specialty Insurance
Fourteen years of working inside carrier, MGA, and brokerage operations gives you a particular view of how these businesses actually run. It is rarely the same view leadership has. The gap between those two pictures tends to come down to …
POSTED JULY 08, 2026 9:00 AM |
Scaling Account Teams Without Hiring: The Operational Playbook
What 25+ acquisitions taught me about growing a brokerage without growing the headcount. In the years I spent helping integrate more than 25 acquired agencies at a large independent brokerage, I watched the same scenario play out more times than …
POSTED JULY 07, 2026 9:00 AM |
America Turns 250, and the Risk Meter Is Still Working
This weekend, America turns 250 years old and that means that everyone will be celebrating in the most American of ways. We are all for the traditional celebrations, but let’s face it, it’s hard to turn the internal risk meter …
POSTED JULY 02, 2026 8:18 PM |
Innovation in Insurance Starts with Operations
Across the insurance industry there is growing excitement, along with a rapidly expanding set of technology options. AI tools, automation platforms, and digital submission systems promise to make agencies faster, more efficient, and easier to do business with. But the …
POSTED JUNE 29, 2026 9:00 AM |
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