This week features the SAN Group’s 2018 Award of Excellence Winners announced during the alliance’s May 9th, 2018 annual meeting in Worcester.
Latest Articles
A Review Of Major Massachusetts Insurers First Quarter 2018 Results
A compilation of the First Quarter 2018 For Chubb; GEICO; Liberty; MAPFRE; MetLife; Progressive; Safety; The Hanover; The Hartford; & Travelers. The list includes First Quarter results in the black with firming pricing and federal tax reduction.
DEADLINE THIS WEEK: ILAB Accepting Nominations For Its 2018 Insurance Professional of the Year Award
It’s time to start thinking about who should be the 2018 Insurance Professional of the Year.
1st Look: The 2018 Mass. Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace
Our bi-monthly look at how the commercial auto insurance marketplace is shaping up for 2018 via the latest data from CAR.
The Largest Writers Of Liability, Other Than Auto, Insurance In Massachusetts
Fast Facts about this line of insurance: Four hundred and sixty-nine (469) insurance companies are currently licensed to sell liability, other than auto, insurance in […]
Insurtechs Have Not Made Their Mark On The Public Quite Yet Says Latest Study
In its latest study, J.D. Power’s latest study finds auto insurers Are Entering An Era Of Consumer-Centric Insurance.
Risk Strategies Expansion Continues With Addition Of Another Massachusetts Employee Benefits Practice
The Boston-based boutique brokerage continues to expand with its latest benefits specialty firm addition.
Another 2018 Mass. Insurance Agency Acquisition For Salem Five In Georgetown
The North Shore-based bank continues to grow its insurance division in Greater Boston with its second acquisition of 2018.
Agency Interviews
Cambridge Mobile Telematics: See Why It Is A Driving Force In the Telematics Industry
Cambridge Mobile Telematics co-founder and MIT Professor Hari Balakrishnan on how the company he co-founded is changing driving behaviors both in the Commonwealth and beyond.
Still With A Drive To Succeed: Sumner Gilman On Mass. Agents, CAR and Why Premium Financing Is Still A Good Bet
Our Agency Interview with Mass. Agent and long-time CAR member Sumner Gilman.
Joe Leahy’s Journey From Mass. Agent To Big “I” Chairman
March 27, 2017 – Well-known in the Massachusetts insurance industry, Springfield independent agent Joe Leahy talks about his life in insurance and why giving back to the industry is so important.
Promotions, Appointments & Accolades in the Massachusetts Insurance Industry
October 30, 2017 – This week features announcements from Boston Mutual, Veruna & Eastern Insurance.
The Portrait of An Insurance Lady
Jean Lucey, was the Executive Director of the Insurance Library Association of Boston for 32 years until her retirement in 2012. She spoke with Agency Checklists about what she has seen and learned during her career in insurance which first began in an agency in upstate New York.
MassDrive: A Traditional Agency Using Technology to Drive Its Success
September 14, 2015 – Our monthly interview with an interesting insurance professional in Massachusetts.
A New Insurtech That Swyfft-ly Quotes Homeowners Insurance In Seconds For Independent Agents
Swyfft underwrites and quotes homeowner policies in seconds and distributes through independent agents.
Insurtech Profiles & News
MA Insurtech Upate: A Contest, A Code, & Corvus’ New Product Launch
This week’s insurtech update features an exclusive discount code for InsurtechBoston V, an insurtech contest for insurance agencies, and the details on Corvus Insurance’s new Smart Cargo Insurance.
Veruna: A Mass.-based AMS That Challenges Agents To “Embrace Change. Move Forward”
While there are many insurtechs out there trying to co-opt the role of the independent agent, many more have been created with the sole purpose of to aid the role of the independent agent in this new era or innovation in insurance. One such start-up is Veruna. Created on the salesforce platform, Veruna is a […]
Boston Insurtech Edition: Acend and Liberty Mutual Take Flight, InsurTech Boston 3 Is Going To Be Big & Goji Rumors
May 10, 2017 – A look at the insurtech happenings in around Massachusetts this week.
An InsurTech Start-Up For Agents And Carriers? Meet AskKodiak
January 16, 2017 – If it wasn’t interesting enough that AskKodiak is an insurtech startup aimed at helping agents and carriers, it is also based in Massachusetts.
Two Mass.-based Start-ups Are Winners Of 2016 ACORD Innovation Challenge Awards
November 21, 2016 – Both companies, based in Cambridge and Westborough respectively, were acknowledged for their innovative products aimed at helping the insurance industry.
Insurtech Boston III Adds Two More Sponsors
See the two new fabulous (hint, hint) sponsors that have been added to the June event!
Start-ups Seeking To Disrupt Insurance Status Quo Meet At Insurtech Boston
Insurtech Boston second meeting of entrepreneurs seeking to change the insurance industry was a great success. Tech-minded agents may want to put the third meeting on their calendar for May