Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

At Mackoul Risk Solutions, ‘Employees Come First’ Instead of becoming a major league umpire, Ed Mackoul chose to help his father build an insurance empire. Ed wasn’t sure how his life would turn out before joining Mackoul & Associates in …

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 1, 2024

Symphony Risk Solutions announced it is opening an office in Austin, Texas to be led by Matt Burns, who was named president of the firm’s growing specialty business. As the leader of Symphony Build, Burns will oversee due diligence, evaluation, …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Research by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York finds that nearly one million houses and multifamily buildings in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut—one in 10 properties in the tri-state area—are at high risk of flooding. These properties rank …

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 8, 2025

Oregon homeowners living in certain areas at high risk of wildfire will face stricter building codes and mandates to reduce vegetation on their properties under new “wildfire hazard maps” unveiled Tuesday. The release of the maps follows a record-breaking wildfire …

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In an unassuming white and blue office building in Freeport, a few miles into Nassau County, sits the headquarters of American Transit Insurance Co. The 52-year-old, family-owned firm is hardly a household name, but it’s vital to how New Yorkers …

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 6, 2025

Inside faceless office buildings scattered around London, a niche corner of the insurance market is keeping hundreds of billions of dollars in commodity trade moving through some of the world’s most dangerous waters. As conflicts rage in the Middle East …

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Risk Building Insurance Insured 278

Central Insurance

MAY 17, 2025

Building a strong safety culture is essential for electrical contractors. Here's how to improve site safety, protect your people, and reduce your risk. The post Loss Control Tips for Electrical Contractors appeared first on Central Insurance Blog.

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 17, 2025

AP) One of Florida’s biggest citrus growers plans to build a 3,000-acre (1,200 hectare) community in southwest Florida, just months after announcing it was abandoning its citrus-growing operations at the end of this year’s season. FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) Alico, …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 20, 2024

We often take for granted the resources and materials that help us run our businesses and build our homes. Steel, cement, plastic — building blocks such as these have afforded us the flexibility to grow our communities, create new products, …

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Risk Building 263

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 6, 2024

By Allen Laman Instead of becoming a major league umpire, Ed Mackoul chose to help his father build an insurance empire. Ed wasn’t sure how his life would turn out before joining Mackoul & Associates in 1995. College didn’t give …

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LexisNexis

MAY 21, 2025

This week, at the 2025 Microsoft Build conference in Seattle, we unveiled a powerful new way for legal teams to enhance productivity and streamline workflows Protégé for Microsoft 365 Copilot and for Microsoft Teams.

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Cowbell

MAY 29, 2025

At Cowbell, we believe Internet Safety Month is the perfect opportunity to review and reinforce your organizations cybersecurity posture and build long-term cyber resilience. 7 Steps to Build Cyber Resilience 1. MFA reduces the risk of unauthorized access by over 99.9%. Cybersecurity training reduces risk and saves money.

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AMAXX

MAY 14, 2025

Heres how to build a strong, accountable workers comp teamand why its the foundation of success. This could be: A risk manager An HR director A safety leader An injury coordinator What matters is not the titleits the accountability. The Risks of Skipping Internal Alignment If you skip the internal steps, external efforts fall flat.

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Prof. Allan Manning

JANUARY 29, 2025

This of course takes the risk to an individual insurer who may have elected to turn a blind eye to an exclusion to a single property loss, which I would like to think most Australian insurers would do, to a much higher level where the exclusion would be applied in full. ” [ emphasis mine] 1. . ” [ emphasis mine] 1.

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Distinguished

MARCH 20, 2025

From devastating floods to slip-and-fall lawsuits, insuring apartment buildings is no simple task. And with rising property values, more frequent catastrophic weather events, and emerging risks like habitability claims, its never been more critical to help your clients navigate their insurance options.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

environmental risk specialists to its team. Mosaic, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, has added 13 U.S. Team members include Assistant Vice President Iraj Dehnavi, Senior Vice President Maureen Domenicone, Vice President Patrick Enderlin, Senior Vice President Patrick Grassl, Senior Vice President …

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Neilson Marketing Services

MAY 6, 2025

They build brand equity. Visibility builds momentum, and momentum drives growth. Their questions sound a little different: Is this market still writing [industry] risks? Which MGA has a program for this niche risk my client needs covered? Build trust through testimonials, reviews, and up-to-date bios.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A fast-growing wildfire in Southern California, has burned 27 square miles, forcing thousands to evacuate had is putting roughly 35,000 homes and buildings at risk. The Line fire near San Bernardino more than quadrupled in size over the weekend, prompting …

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Property Insurance Coverage Law

JUNE 3, 2025

When vandals triggered a sprinkler system in a vacant building, flooding it with over one million gallons of water, the result was not just property damage. Instead, it was a lawsuit that put the scope of all-risk commercial property insurance under scrutiny. The case ofEpperson v.

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Redbird Agents

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

High turnover, skill shortages, and a need for specialized talent like actuaries and risk management experts create a tough hiring environment. Diversity in Hiring: Building a diverse insurance team strengthens innovation and client engagement. Whether in New York, California, or nationwide, the recruitment process defines your future.

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Triple-I: Homeowners Insurance

DECEMBER 5, 2024

President and CEO Mark Berven believes modern building codes could dramatically reduce their costly destructiveness. By contrast, fewer than one-third of hazard-prone jurisdictions have adopted modernized building codes, and some states such as Delaware and Alabama lack mandatory statewide building code systems entirely.

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 22, 2024

Vanderbilt University is asking local Florida officials to approve its proposal to build a $520 million campus in the wealthy Palm Beach area, tapping into a growing region transformed by new outposts of financial firms. The Nashville-based school envisions buildings …

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AMAXX

APRIL 10, 2025

In the complex world of workers compensation, risk managers play a vital role in aligning strategic oversight with day-to-day claims operations. Far from being a behind-the-scenes figure, a successful risk manager serves as the linchpin between claims administration, adjusters, and injury management teams.

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Property Insurance Centre

MARCH 11, 2025

Buying Blocks of Flats Insurance in London: Key Risks and Costs When it comes to buying blocks of flats insurance in London, the market is becoming more complex for a number of reasons. Many insurers require more detailed valuations and risk assessments due to the higher sums insured.

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Majesco

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Climate risk is growing, and a greater number of Cat events are threatening people and their property. At this moment, with 150,000 people displaced and property insurers scrambling to help customers, it’s clear that everyone in the industry needs to pull together to create new solutions to new levels of risk. What does it mean?

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Majesco

MAY 8, 2025

While humankind is not being challenged by machines, we are challenged with the changing risk, in particular climate risk. NAMIC, Moodys, The Institutes, insurers, reinsurers and other industry leaders are all talking about a new era of risk and the need to predict and prevent risk, creating risk resiliency.

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Zywave

JUNE 10, 2025

Read more > Rating & Underwriting Risk Back Rating & Underwriting Risk ClarionDoor A Modern API-Driven Rating Administration Platform Featured Story Zywave’s Digital Distribution Suite – ClarionDoor has been recognized as a Luminary in the Celent Report for Insurer Stand-Alone Rating Engines – Global Edition.

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Redbird Agents

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

For insurance agents, managing chargebacks and financial obligations responsibly is a crucial part of building a successful career. Insurance companies and agencies that subscribe to Vector One use it as a risk assessment tool when reviewing new agent contracts.

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Redbird Agents

JUNE 5, 2025

Here’s why you should pay attention: Great market: Over 16 million people enrolled through Healthcare.gov in 2024 alone, it’s a great way to build a foundation of strong relationships that you can serve for many years. to build trust and traffic. Easy cross-sell: ACA clients often need dental, vision, life insurance, or even annuities.

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AMAXX

JANUARY 6, 2025

To build a resilient and successful workers compensation program, you need goals that go beyond numbers. Subsequent phases, focusing on employer controls and external controls, build on this foundation, ensuring every aspect of the program aligns with your goals.

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InsuredMine

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Climate change poses an extraordinary challenge for businesses, insurers, and governments alike, making the task of adapting and building resilience feel almost overwhelming. This includes insurance solutions that transfer risk and provide financial support for rebuilding efforts. The question isare we ready to take the next step?

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Cleveland Clinic, a health care system with hospitals and clinics around the world, said it plans to build a 150-bed hospital in the Palm Beach area and will quadruple the size of an outpatient clinic there. Cleveland has operated …

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Elmore

AUGUST 17, 2024

Property insurer calls for better risk management as climate impact grows The post Hiscox chief says rising insurance prices a ‘stark signal’ on building risks appeared first on Elmore Insurance Brokers.

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 24, 2025

this year, with a potentially active spring in places and a build up into summer. A Long-range forecast predicts wildfires will burn more land across the U.S.

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Redbird Agents

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Advanced Commissions: Provide fast cash flow but carry a higher chargeback risk if the client cancels early. As-Earned Commissions: Pay commissions monthly as the client makes payments, eliminating chargeback risk.

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Neilson Marketing Services

JANUARY 30, 2025

A well-crafted insurance agency website is an essential tool for building credibility, attracting potential clients, and converting leads. Scenarios and pain points: Describing everyday risks and how your agency solves them makes your services more relevant to potential clients.

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Scott Insurance

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

However, affordable housing developers focused on rehabilitating, or rehabbing, older properties face many challenges beyond the risks associated with new construction. If heavy machinery is used in proximity to the existing apartment buildings, it raises the potential for accidents or property damage.

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