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Liquor Liability Trends - Serving Up Insurance Opportunities and Challenges

By Renate Jordan and Diane Hyland |July 26, 2017|English

Many insurers that are looking to grow their commercial lines book have turned to alcohol - that is, liquor liability insurance. We regularly see mainstream and specialty writers with new filings addressing liquor exposures. One of the biggest liquor...
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Get Ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

By Charlie Kingdollar|May 24, 2017|English

The fourth industrial revolution - or Industry 4.0 as it’s also referred to - has begun, and it’s going to create enormous socio-economic change around the world. Advances in automation, artificial intelligence and robotics will bring job...
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Four Drone Insurance Questions - You Should Have the Answers

By Jill Tumney |March 22, 2017|English

224% - that is how much the sale of drones grew in just a three-month period in 2016. Drones are taking off among businesses and consumers in the U.S., and that presents risks and opportunities for insurers. All this popularity is generating questions,...
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Alarm Bells Down Under - Defective Imported Building Products

By Nicholas Murphy |February 07, 2017|English

The increasing prevalence of leaky, toxic and downright dangerous buildings has put defective building products in the spotlight in Australia and New Zealand recently. Below-standard plasterboard, inflammable exterior cladding material, and problems...
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Making Sense of Commercial Auto Insurance Experience

By Diane Brown|December 07, 2016|English

For several years, Commercial Auto (CA) insurers have observed worsening loss ratios and searched for the root causes. Why are loss ratios up 5 points, and in some cases as much as 30 points, for so many carriers in this space? We examined the combined...
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Is Your Insured’s Restaurant Protected From a $2 Million Liquor Liability Loss? Are You?

By Renate Jordan |August 25, 2016|English

With so much to celebrate in the summer months – warm weather, graduations, weddings, people will raise more than a few glasses at local restaurants or watering holes. It is all in good fun until someone is over-served with tragic results....
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