The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) installed Maryland’s Angela Ripley, owner and president of VW Brown Insurance Service in Columbia, as the 2025-2026 Big “I” chair.
PnC Newsletter
Your claim is in the oven
What insurers can learn from the Domino’s Pizza Tracker.
4 insurance policies to survive supply chain disruption
Too many small to midsized businesses still believe their basic business interruption or cargo insurance will protect them from supply chain disruption in 2025.
What a tsunami teaches us about coastal insurance risk
Tsunamis bring flooding that’s outside of the coverage provided by a standard homeowners policy.
Bright outlook for agents as life, annuity sales set to climb, Conning reports
The economic forecast is for continued growth in life/annuity and property/casualty insurance premium, two Conning analysts said during a recent webinar.
In order to make informed decisions about auto insurance, it’s important for consumers to dig a little deeper and refrain from taking these claims at face value.
Could the insurance industry trigger a new financial crisis?
A series of alarming reports and dire headlines have raised the specter of a new financial crisis — this time triggered not by banks or exotic securities, but by the insurance industry.
Why 2025 rate stability belongs to the well-prepared
As macro volatility, climate events and litigation risks continue to challenge pricing stability, insurers are responding with a sharper lens and rewarding the well-prepared.
Uprooting and moving: What are the insurance implications?
Summer is traditionally moving season in the United States, and that has insurance implications both for the people uprooting their lives, and for the insurance companies serving them.
Commentary: State Farm wildfire claims handling sparks regulatory scrutiny
California’s recent announcement of a market conduct examination into State Farm’s handling of wildfire claims should come as no surprise to anyone paying attention to policyholder complaints in recent years.
The fatal crash of Air India flight AI171 on June 12 has become a pivotal moment for the already tightening global aviation reinsurance market.
