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The Filing Is the Policy: A Producer's Field Guide to the FMCSA Forms That Decide Whether a Trucking Client Exists

This guest article is from Dmitry Borovoy, Founder of TruckerNavi and a New Jersey-licensed property and casualty producer at SafeBridge Insurance. Here is the number that should be on the wall of every agency that writes trucking: on Sept. 14,...

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Loma Prieta's Real Lesson: Excluding the Shake Doesn't Exclude the Loss

This guest article is from David Delaney, President & CEO, at Insight Analytics. The earthquake that delayed a World Series lasted about fifteen...

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Agentic AI in Policy Servicing, Part 3: Keeping Agents in Control

"Trust, but verify." Russian proverb The question raised in nearly every conversation about agentic AI is how to stay in control of automated actions...

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Agentic AI in Policy Servicing, Part 2: Four Places to Start

"A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked." John Gall The strongest early candidates for...

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Why Insurance Professionals Should Say What They Actually Think

"Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist." Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance Insurance runs on judgment shared across many people....

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Efficiency and Experience Are One Investment, Part 2: One Budget

"Tell me how you measure me, and I will tell you how I will behave." Eliyahu Goldratt Part 1 described how insurers came to fund efficiency and...

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Efficiency and Experience Are One Investment, Part 1: The Split

"Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets." Paul Batalden Insurance planning often splits into two separate discussions. One...

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The Salty Adjuster Podcast Named 2026 Signal Awards Finalist

Independent claims podcast earns Best Trailer recognition four months after launching its first episode EVANSTON, IL, October 12, 2026 - The Salty...

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Know Thyself Accurately: A Discipline for Insurance Professionals

"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." William Shakespeare, As You Like It Insurance is a business of...

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Isaias Breaks the Silence

Last month, we wrote about a hurricane season that refused to show up. Strong El Nino conditions had suppressed Atlantic tropical development to...

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