It wouldn’t feel right to close out the year without looking back at the most popular stories on 农夫导航 Journal during the past 12 months. Here are the national stories that attracted the most readers in 2017, organized by six subtopics: News & Events; Policy; Markets; Management & Ideas; Agents/Brokers and Carriers.
News & Events
- Full-Fledged El Nino Increasingly Likely in Second Half 2017
- Insurers, Reinsurers Tally Maria, Irma, Harvey and Other Disaster Losses
- Insurers Face Potential $1 Billion in Claims for Las Vegas Mass Shooting
- Ex-CFO of Bankrupt Enron Offers D&O Lessons from Accounting’s ‘Gray’ Areas
- Facts About Fireworks: 11,000 Injuries, 4 Deaths in 2016
- Hurricane Cars Declared ‘Total Losses’ by Adjusters Are Now Back on Roads
- How ‘Bermuda High’ Threw Irma and Damage Estimates Off Course
- Is Equifax’s Cyber 农夫导航 Enough to Cover Breach?
- Best Areas in U.S. to Live to Avoid Natural Disasters
- Top 10 Employment Discrimination Claims in 2016
Policy
- U.S. and EU Reach Agreement on 农夫导航 Regulation
- What They Are Saying About Effects of Trump Tax Cuts on 农夫导航 Industry
- Making a Federal Case Out of ‘Legal’ Marijuana 农夫导航 Claims
- Trump Wants to Halt Government Flood 农夫导航 for New Homes in Flood Zones
- Why the Federal Flood Program Is Sinking Deeper into Debt: CBO Report
- Trump Orders U.S. Exit from Pacific Trade Pact and Reset on NAFTA
- Weed Warning: Legalizing Marijuana Tied to Rise in Crashes in 3 States by HLDI
- House Passes Flood 农夫导航 Program Extension with Reforms
- Trump Administration Argues U.S. Civil Rights Law Does Not Protect Gay Employees
- Here’s What the House Has in Mind for Revamping Flood 农夫导航 Program
Markets
- Auto 农夫导航 Market to Shrink by 70% by 2050: KPMG
- Tow Truck Market Gets Hit Hard as Carriers Exit Market
- What to Expect for Commercial 农夫导航 Pricing for 2018: WTW’s Marketplace Realities
- Personal Auto Rate Hikes Not Keeping Up with Losses: Fitch
- P/C Insurers Enroute to Posting Underwriting Loss for 2016: A.M. Best
- RIMS 2017: Why Cyber Should Be Treated as Standalone 农夫导航
- Why 27% of U.S. Firms Have No Plans to Buy Cyber 农夫导航
- Why Workers’ Compensation Is Especially Needed Now: Report from WCRI Conference
- Cyber 农夫导航 Premium Volume Grew 35% to $1.3 Billion in 2016
- Nonstandard Auto 农夫导航 Market Continues on Downward Path: A.M. Best
Management & Ideas
- 101 Sales & Marketing Ideas for Agencies
- 农夫导航 Industry Rethinking Recruitment Strategies
- The Hidden Cost of Bundling 农夫导航 Policies
- Why the 农夫导航 Industry Needs a Toothbrush and Other Notes from Record-Breaking InsureTech Connect Conference
- Will Technology Make 农夫导航 Obsolete?
- Why and How P/C 农夫导航 Carriers Should Work with Insurtechs
- Burand’s State of P/C 农夫导航 Industry, Part 1: Agencies Facing Paradigm Shift
- After the Storm: 农夫导航 Agents E&O Lessons Learned
- From Here to Autonomy Morality and Retirement Timeline for Auto 农夫导航 Pros
- How Technology Is Changing Workers’ Compensation
Agents/Brokers
- USI Wins Competition to Acquire Wells Fargo 农夫导航 Businesses
- Wells Fargo Weighing Sale of 农夫导航 Brokerage Business
- 24 Independent 农夫导航, Benefits Agencies Form National Brokerage, Alera Group
- Wells Fargo Closing Down Its Personal 农夫导航 Business
- Wells Fargo’s Latest Scandal: Selling Customers Auto 农夫导航 They Didn’t Need
- What’s Up with Salaries at 农夫导航 Agencies?
- AmWINS Acquiring 15 农夫导航 Programs from Willis Towers Watson
- In ‘Classic’ Soft Market Battle, Brokers and Carriers Attack Each Other
- As Auto 农夫导航 Sales Stagnate, Carriers Turn to Agents: J.D. Power
- Aon Gains Upper Hand in Non-Compete and Poaching Lawsuit vs. Alliant
Carriers
- State Farm to Close 11 Offices, Displacing 4,200 Employees, After 2016 $7B Loss
- Berkshire Hathaway’s 农夫导航 Keeps Growing and Hiring Despite Auto, Reinsurance Blips
- Liberty Mutual Completes Ironshore Acquisition; Will Use Ironshore Brand for U.S. Specialty Business
- AmTrust Gets $300M Boost from CEO’s Family
- Top 10 Highest-Performing Large Commercial Insurers: J.D. Power
- AIG Restructures Again; Commercial Lines CEO Schimek to Leave
- AIG Agrees to Acquire Hamilton USA, Partner with Two Sigma, Grow Insurtech Attune
- AmTrust Selling Stake in Certain Units to Raise $950M
- Hanover 农夫导航 Restructures Agency Business; Eyes Specialty Expansion
- How Lemonade Is Deciding Who Else May Sell Its 农夫导航
Related:
- Top 农夫导航 Journal International Stories of 2017
- Top 农夫导航 Journal East Stories of 2017
- Top 农夫导航 Journal Midwest Stories of 2017
- Top 农夫导航 Journal South Central Stories of 2017
- Top 农夫导航 Journal Southeast Stories of 2017
- Top 农夫导航 Journal West Stories of 2017
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