One of the toughest parts of commercial insurance is identifying all of the exposures a business might have. I met with a new client yesterday, Darth Vader, who is the Operations Manager for a business called The Empire. It sounds…
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Category: Business, Commercial, Cyber, Liability, Risk Management, Technology
Tags: Builders Risk, Business coverage, commercial cyber, commercial insurance, company vehicles, Employment Practices Liability Insurance, exposures, inland marine policy, Lessor's Risk, liability, loss control, underwriter, workers' compensation
One of the toughest parts of commercial insurance is identifying all of the exposures a business might have. I met with a new client yesterday, Darth Vader, who is the Operations Manager for a business called The Empire. It sounds…
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Category: Business, Commercial, Employees, Liability, Risk Management, Technology
Tags: Builders Risk, business, catastrophic event, cause of loss, cloud storage, commercial, commercial building, commercial insurance, construction, coverage, cyber, cyber security, data, deductible, employee, employees, exposure, exposures, inland marine, liability insurance, risk, risk assessment, safety, underwriter, workers' compensation, workplace, workplace safety
I’ve been working in the insurance industry for 18 years now. Currently, I hold a position as a Personal Lines Underwriter with Central Insurance. However, when I obtained my very first position as a personal lines customer service representative at…
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Category: Business, Central, Claims, Communication, Employees, Independent Agents, Liability, Personal, Service
Tags: career opportunities in the insurance industry, independent agent, independent agents, independent insurance agent, insurance, insurance agent, insurance careers, insurance careers month, insurance industry, insurance underwriter, personal lines underwriter, underwriter
I’m pretty sure not too many people have asked themselves that question, but I have because I’ve been in the insurance industry for (obviously) too long. But, not only that, but what kind of insurance would Santa need, and for…
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Category: Auto, Business, Claims, Commercial, Employees, Liability, Personal, Risk Management, Weather
Tags: auto insurance, auto policy, business auto policy, business insurance, business owner, claim, commercial building, Commercial general liability, commercial insurance, commercial lines underwriter, commercial property, commercial underwriting, coverage, errors and omissions, insurance, insurance claim, insurance underwriter, Personal, personal auto coverage, personal auto insurance, personal auto policy, personal injury, personal insurance, personal lines underwriter, professional liability, protecting business property, Santa, Santa Claus, underwriter, workers' comp claims, workers' compensation
My career in insurance started like many in the industry – I just kind of fell into it. Then fell in love with it. I entered the industry as a finance major straight out of college. At first, I wasn’t…
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I’m often asked what I do on a daily basis, usually after I try to explain what a marketing manager is. Before I can answer those questions, I have to explain that I do not sell insurance. Instead, marketing managers are the face…
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What is an Insurance Underwriter? I saw this graphic on Facebook the other day and it made me think about how often my friends and family members ask me this question when I tell them my job title is Underwriter. Have you…
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Category: Auto, Business, Central, Commercial, Education, Home, Personal
Tags: insurance application, insurance underwriter, loss frequency, loss severity, premium pricing, underwriter, underwriting approval