Risk Management

How Your Agency’s Online Presence Puts Your Business at Risk

The Big “I” Professional Liability Risk Management team recently hosted Big “I” members for an exclusive, complimentary webinar series, “Your Website Says WHAT? How Your Agency’s Online Presence Puts Your Business at Risk.”

Debating Ambiguities in Insurance Contracts

Every insurance practitioner knows what happens when there is an ambiguity in policy language, the insured is supposed to win. But what makes a provision ambiguous? Is an ambiguity created simply by disagreement, or is more required? Guess what, creating ambiguity requires more than simple disagreement over a policy provision.

The contract on the yellow table, notebook, glasses and pen.

Big “I” Markets Expands Small Commercial Offerings

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 20, 2016 —Markets Big “I” Markets (BIM), a division of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”), is expanding its small commercial offerings to include additional carriers and coverage areas.

“Google Compare”…The Latest “Apples to Apples” Auto Insurance Comparison Illusion

Google has launched its “Google Compare” auto insurance comparison web site for California consumers, perhaps Google’s first step towards a deeper immersion into the multi-billion dollar auto insurance marketplace. Right now, nothing really differentiates Google Compare to the many similar comparative rating web sites, but it adds to the illusion that consumers really can compare…