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The Loss Ratio Is Decided in the Inbox...Before the Adjuster Opens It

The most consequential moments in a claim happen before the claim is ever opened. A demand letter lands in an adjuster's inbox at 4:47 PM on a Friday. An attorney email cites a specific statute. A compliance deadline starts running the moment the...

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State Farm's Agency Overhaul: Good Strategy, Flawed Execution

This article is inspired by and builds upon Ian Gutterman's original analysis, "State Farm: Is What's Bad For Agents Good For Policyholders?"...

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An Accountability Blind Spot: AI Agents in Insurance

AI in insurance is moving fast. We are rapidly transitioning from analytical AI that tells us what to do to autonomous AI agents that actually do it....

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California's Insurance Commissioner Race: Two Democrats, Two Divergent Visions

With California's insurance market under sustained pressure from escalating wildfire losses, the 2026 race to lead the California Department of...

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Bench Depth Wins Long Tournaments. It Also Wins CAT Season!

Depth Wins Long Tournaments. It Also Wins CAT Season. The World Cup kicked off this past weekend. Forty-eight teams, 104 matches, 39 days, sixteen...

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A Model of Premium Reconciliation For States With Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Capacity

The surplus lines insurance market continues to grow in the United States, yet many states may be losing significant premium tax revenue due to...

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The Agency Operations Playbook 2 of 3: Stop Winging It: How to Build a Workflow Your Whole Team Will Actually Use

The Agency Operations Playbook 2 of 3: Stop Winging It: How to Build a Workflow Your Whole Team Will Actually Use Building a workflow sounds...

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Fixing Cyber Risk Transfer: What Insurance Pros Must Know

The cyber insurance market has a structural problem, and it is not a coverage gap in the traditional sense. It is a documentation and execution gap,...

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What Baseball's Spring Training Teaches Insurance Carriers About Hurricane Season Preparedness

This guest article first appeared in Demotech Difference HERE No team wins a season with nine players. They win with depth. Every February, Major...

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The Agency Operations Playbook 1 of 3: Stop Winging It: Why Written Procedures Are the Foundation of a High-Performing Agency

Most agency owners know they need procedures but very few have them. Usually this is because they assume everyone knows what to do. They have been...

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