Content from Susanne Sclafane
Editor’s Question: Who Created the First U.S. MGA?
Readers of a book about the history of the insurance industry—or more specifically, about Crum & Forster's place in the last 200-plus years—will find out that C&F executives were ...
How a Decentralized Structure Opens Career Paths at C&F
Thankfully, members of the next generation of leaders in the property/casualty insurance industry have had no direct experience with insurance company failures, rehabs and restructurings that ...
Cigar Butts and Toxic Sludge: The Rebirth of a P/C Insurer
It's hard to imagine an executive describing his company and its peers in the industry as "cigar butt companies where the butt had been dropped in toxic nuclear sludge, [and] rolled in asbestos…" ...
How Decentralization Works at C&F
Crum & Forster CEO Marc Adee remembers what it was like in years past when he was leading divisions of a company then operating under a centralized model that forced him to fight for corporate ...
U.S. E&S Growth Slowed Again in ’24; Berkshire, AIG Top Premium Rankings
A recent analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence reveals that the pace of growth in the U.S. excess and surplus lines market slowed to 13.4 percent in 2024, down from 14.5 percent a year ...
California vs. Florida: A Tale of Two Insurance Markets
Until recently, homeowners insurers weren't allowed to use catastrophe models to justify needed rate increases, or to include the cost of reinsurance in their rate indications in the state of ...
Auto Insurance Satisfaction Rankings: High LTV Customers Most at Risk
"It's Now a Buyer's Market for Auto Insurance, J.D. Power Finds." That headline on top of an announcement about the release of the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Auto Insurance Study this week summed up a key ...
Long-Term Thinking and Scale Keys to Travelers Success: CEO Schnitzer
When an S&P Global Ratings executive asked the leader of Travelers how current challenges like tariff uncertainty, inflation and geopolitical risks influence the insurer's strategy, Alan ...