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From Uncertainty to Underwriting: How Specialty Markets Arise
Insurance has always been about helping people and businesses navigate uncertainty. And the industry has continually adapted to protect new risks as they emerge. Many of today’s established specialty insurance markets began this way. For example, before cyber insurance became …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 04, 2026 9:00 AM |
What 25 Acquisitions Taught Me About Operational Consistency
Over the course of my career I have been involved in more than 25 agency acquisitions, first as VP of Agency Operations at a large independent brokerage working through an aggressive growth period, and more recently through my work helping …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 03, 2026 9:00 AM |
What captive agents underestimate about running their own agencies
Key Takeaways As a captive, your carrier hands you the technology. As an independent, you serve as both the buyer and the administrator. Licensing, appointments and entity setup get checklist attention. The operating model rarely gets equal weight. New agencies …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 03, 2026 9:00 AM |
Why Every Commercial-Lines Agency Needs AI Risk Fluency
Over the past year, artificial intelligence has quietly moved from experimentation to everyday business operations. Companies have formalized their AI use for everything from drafting client communications, automating workflows, analyzing financial data, supporting hiring decisions, and accelerating customer service. In …
POSTED AUGUST 28, 2026 9:00 AM |
How Ben Williams Insurance Group went from paper and pen to instant answers
Key Takeaways A client call is only as fast as the information behind it – digging through carrier portals, spreadsheets and old notes costs real time on every single call EVA Account Summarization pulls a client’s emails, texts, agent notes …
POSTED AUGUST 27, 2026 9:00 AM |
Restaurant Risk Management: Addressing Emerging Hospitality Exposures and Coverage Challenges
Restaurants and hospitality businesses face an ever-changing risk landscape. From rising liability exposures to personnel challenges to emerging environmental risks, staying up to speed can be difficult. To help professionals stay ahead of these problems, the Risk & Insurance Education …
POSTED AUGUST 26, 2026 9:00 AM |
The Implementation Gap: Why Good Technology Fails Inside Good Brokerages
One of the more consistent things I have observed working with brokerage teams on technology implementation is how different the first 90 days looks from the demo that preceded it. In a demonstration, the tool performs well. The workflow is …
POSTED AUGUST 26, 2026 9:00 AM |
Why 400+ Loss Run Formats and 5 Years in Production Make Insurance AI Actually Work
A new AI platform for insurance seems to launch every other week. Most of them are young companies. They spotted an opportunity in insurance, hired a team, and started building. A year or two later, they have a product. It …
POSTED AUGUST 24, 2026 9:00 AM |
Severe Convective Storms Demand Closer Attention
Severe convective storms (SCS) are no longer a secondary concern in the catastrophe (CAT) risk landscape. Once viewed as frequent yet manageable events, hail, tornadoes and high winds are now generating losses at a scale that rivals hurricanes and other …
POSTED AUGUST 24, 2026 9:00 AM |
Specialize Your Expertise: Alliance Programs for Construction, Restaurant, Workers Compensation, Cyber, and Environmental Risks
Do you work with contractors or restaurants? Maybe Workers Compensation is your field? Or maybe you have clients or an employer with cyber or environmental risks that you help manage? The Risk & Insurance Education Alliance created certifications designed around …
POSTED AUGUST 21, 2026 9:00 AM |
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