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Christine Benz: Talk to Clients About Inflation, Liquidity

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Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company Successfully Implements ISI Enterprise Core System 0

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Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company Successfully Implements ISI Enterprise Core System

Toronto, ON (Apr. 1, 2025) – Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, a leading provider of professional liability insurance for Florida attorneys, is pleased to announce its implementation of ISI Enterprise, a comprehensive core insurance platform developed by Insurance Systems Inc. (ISI). This milestone marks the successful completion of an 18-month digital transformation initiative aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and policyholder service. The implementation encompasses a complete core system transformation, delivered through AWS cloud infrastructure with a 99.95% uptime guarantee. The project included comprehensive data migration with multiple conversion dry runs, a seamless Invoice Cloud integration for paperless billing, and advanced reinsurance management for Excess of Loss treaties. Florida Lawyers Mutual becomes the sixth Lawyers Professional Liability carrier within NABRICO (National Association of Bar Related Insurance Companies) to adopt the ISI Enterprise platform. “We are thrilled to announce this technological leap forward in serving Florida’s legal community,” said Cathleen Sargent, President and CEO at Florida Lawyers Mutual. “Despite being small in number, our team showed extraordinary dedication in balancing their day-to-day responsibilities while driving this transformation forward. Working alongside ISI, we delivered this project on schedule and are now positioned to provide enhanced service to our members through fully digital operations.”...

Aurora Underwriting Solutions Joins Quotey Marketplace 0

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Aurora Underwriting Solutions Joins Quotey Marketplace

Whitby, ON (Apr. 1, 2025) – Quotey is pleased to announce the addition of Aurora Underwriting Solutions to its expanding commercial insurance marketplace. Effective immediately, Canadian insurance brokers using the Quotey platform will have instant access to comprehensive Errors & Omissions (E&O) quotes for over 115 specific classes of professional businesses. These include extensive coverage options for technology providers, media companies, accounting professionals, consultants, and many other specialized professional services. Aurora Underwriting Solutions brings to Quotey brokers an industry-leading E&O product with optional General Liability coverages, significantly broadening the range of tailored insurance solutions brokers can offer their clients. Aurora’s detailed eligibility criteria encompass diverse sectors such as IT consulting, software development, digital marketing, management consulting, graphic design, human resources consulting, bookkeeping, executive coaching, and numerous other professional practices. Nick Kidd, CEO and Co-Founder of Quotey, stated: “We’re thrilled to welcome Aurora Underwriting Solutions into the Quotey Marketplace. Aurora’s ability to quote such a broad spectrum of specialized professional classes further enhances our commitment to simplifying the insurance quoting process for brokers. This partnership ensures our brokers have powerful, flexible options to meet the unique and evolving needs of their professional clients.” Brian Morison, Director of Underwriting at Aurora Underwriting...

Insurity Expands Integration with Glia to Enhance Customer and Agent Interactions Across Core Insurance Solutions 0

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Insurity Expands Integration with Glia to Enhance Customer and Agent Interactions Across Core Insurance Solutions

Embedding Glia’s digital-first technology into Insurity’s suite of insurance solutions enables insurers to modernize customer interactions, drive higher satisfaction, and optimize core operational processes Hartford, CT (Mar. 27, 2025) – Insurity, a leading provider of cloud-based software for insurance carriers, brokers, and MGAs, is pleased to announce it has expanded its integration with the Insurity Interaction Platform, powered by Glia, to further enhance the digital experience for insurers, agents, and policyholders. This new integration brings seamless communication capabilities to Policy Decisions Evolution, Sure Premium Audit, Sure Loss Control, and Insurity Workers’ Comp Suite, enabling insurers to interact more effectively within the Insurity interface. With Glia’s ChannelLess® architecture, insurers can engage with agents and policyholders via voice, chat, video, and AI-powered automation within the same platform. This integration drives greater operational efficiency while ensuring a frictionless, real-time user experience by eliminating the need to switch between disconnected systems. “In today’s landscape, customer and agent expectations are higher than ever,” said Sylvester Mathis, Chief Insurance and Chief Revenue Officer. “Integrating the Insurity Interaction Platform, powered by Glia, across key solutions empowers insurers to seamlessly engage with their agents and policyholders within the Insurity ecosystem, improving response times, streamlining operations, and elevating the...

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Newsom Says California to Seek Tariff Exemptions From Allies

Article 1 Comment Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’s seeking exemptions for California-made products from retaliatory tariffs and wants to open talks with global allies over new trade relationships, casting the state as a buffer against the fallout of Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan. In a post on X on Friday, Newsom said that he has directed his administration to reassure allies that “California remains a stable trading partner,” even as Trump pushes for a 10% across-the-board tariff on imports and steeper tariffs for some nations. “Donald Trump’s tariffs do not represent all Americans,” Newsom said. “TO OUR TRADING PARTNERS AROUND THE GLOBE — California is here and ready to talk.” TO OUR TRADING PARTNERS AROUND THE GLOBE — California is here and ready to talk. We will not sit idly by during Trump’s tariff war. We make up 14% of the US GDP. We’re the 5th largest economy in the world. We’re not scared to use our market power to fight back against the… pic.twitter.com/yTfbcWW1sO — Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) April 4, 2025 When contacted for comment, Newsom’s office declined to provide specifics on outreach to countries or policies his administration is pursuing. They also didn’t provide additional details on how...

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Buyer-Friendly April Reinsurance Renewal Bodes Well for Mid-Year Renewals: Brokers

Article 0 Comments The April reinsurance renewals saw a competitive, buyer-friendly market with plentiful capacity and price reductions for loss-free accounts – in a continuation of the favorable market conditions seen in January, according to reports published by Aon and Gallagher Re. “The positive renewal bodes well for upcoming mid-year renewals, when we expect buyer-friendly conditions will prevail, supported by robust levels of capacity and reinsurer appetite,” said Aon in its report titled “Reinsurance Market Dynamics – April 2025 Renewal.” “A competitive reinsurance market resulted in much improved pricing for most insurers at 4/1, a key renewal period for Japan, South Korea and India,” which Aon said was driven by enhanced reinsurer results and a relatively benign natural catastrophe loss activity across Asia. Indeed, insurers with loss-free property catastrophe accounts in Japan and South Korea were able to get double-digit price reductions, said Aon. “Previously challenged areas, such as per-risk covers, also enjoyed more favorable pricing, as insurers leveraged property catastrophe business and reinsurer growth ambitions to garner more holistic support.” Abundant reinsurance capacity in most lines helped buyers achieve better renewal outcomes with risk-adjusted price reductions as well as coverage and structural improvements, said Gallagher Re in its report...

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People Moves: Conyers Joins Brown & Riding’s Environmental Practice Leadership

Article 0 Comments Robert Conyers Jr. Brown & Riding, headquartered in Dallas, hired Robert Conyers Jr., to lead B&R’s environmental practice with Jeff Hubbard. With over eight years of industry experience, Conyers joined Brown & Riding in 2017 and was named a principal in 2023. In his new role, he will work closely with Hubbard to lead and grow B&R’s collaborative team of environmental specialists and execute key initiatives to best serve clients nationwide. Topics Leadership Pollution Was this article valuable? Thank you! Please tell us what we can do to improve this article. Submit No Thanks Thank you! % of people found this article valuable. Please tell us what you liked about it. Submit No Thanks Here are more articles you may enjoy. Interested in Leadership? Get automatic alerts for this topic.

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SEC Nominee Atkins Advanced by Senate Banking Committee

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Measles Outbreak Spreads to Central Texas; 5 States Report Outbreaks

Article 0 Comments Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico reported new measles cases this week, with the outbreak expanding for the first time into central Texas. Already, the U.S. has more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Other states with outbreaks — defined as three or more cases — include New Mexico, Kansas, Ohio and Oklahoma. Since February, two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes. The multi-state outbreak confirms health experts’ fears that the virus will take hold in other U.S. communities with low vaccination rates and that the spread could stretch on for a year. The World Health Organization said last week that cases in Mexico are linked to the Texas outbreak. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines, and has been considered eliminated from the U.S. since 2000. Here’s what else you need to know about measles in the U.S. How many measles cases are there in Texas and New Mexico? Texas’ outbreak began two months ago. State health officials said Tuesday there were 22 new...

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SEC to Restructure Regional Offices

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