The California wildfires of 2018 cost numerous lives and destroyed thousands of properties, while the official insured loss figure has reached $9.05 billion so far. As bad as the fires were, a few lessons can be learned from them, says Michael Brown, vice president with Golden Bear Insurance Co. The industry veteran listed five lessons that can be learned from this year’s fires.

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Patricia “PK” Ross, Owner of Splendora’s Gelato on the Charlottesville, Virginia downtown pedestrian mall, prefers to buy her business insurance through a broker, rather than using new, online, direct-to-consumer options. She explains why in an interview with Carrier Management Editor Mark Hollmer.

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Recent studies have suggested that younger small business owners in particular prefer online portals or direct-to-consumer purchasing options for their coverage needs. Carrier Management Editor Mark Hollmer interviewed owners of small businesses on the Charlottesville, Virginia downtown pedestrian mall to test this conclusion. It turns out many younger entrepreneurs like the old-fashioned insurance purchasing methods just fine.

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Insurance linked securities are now pursuing ratings from agencies, just like regular insurers and reinsurers do. Stefan Holzberger, chief rating officer for A.M. Best, says that the new practice has affected the market in a number of ways. He explained the details to Carrier Management Editor Mark Hollmer, at the PCI 2018 conference in Miami.

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New risk emerges as restaurants keep up with the new demand for take-out delivery.

For more on this story, read the article, How to Deliver Restaurants from Risks of Take-Out Booms on insurancejournal.com.

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Mobile devices continue to distract drivers in the greater Philadelphia area. In this video we reveal some of the findings from a survey commissioned from Travelers on top activities performed.

For more on this story, read the article, Travelers: Nearly Half of Philadelphia Area Drivers Distracted by Texts, Emails on claimsjournal.com.

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Here are some of the top stories this week on carriermanagement.com

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The insurtech boom has led to widespread frustration among insurers due to confusing marketing tactics by industry outsiders. In this series, we explore the insurtech frontier with Wesley Todd, a former insurance defense attorney and CEO of litigation management tool CaseGlide. He offer tips on vetting insurtech vendors and provides a roadmap for successful technology innovation.

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