September 14, 2026

Congratulations to the banks celebrating September and October anniversaries as chartered institutions!

Training That Drives Results View the complete list of webinars for October and November 2026.

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A commercial property loss can come without warning. Whether a fire breaks out overnight, a storm damages the roof or a pipe bursts and floods the building, the hours immediately following a loss have an outsized effect on the outcome of any insurance claim.

Municipal issuance is on pace for a third consecutive record year, with dealers forecasting roughly $600 billion of new supply in 2026 after 2025’s record of about $580 billion. For municipal bondholders, the question is not whether the market can absorb the supply — so far, it has. Rather, the question is whether the debt being issued to fund this infrastructure wave is being taken on prudently at the issuer level, or whether it is quietly eroding the credit cushion that underpins the municipal market’s safe reputation built on extremely low default rates and the security of taxing power and essential services.

When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) and the way it’s being deployed today, I’m struck by its potential for customization. We truly have a technology at our disposal that can be transformed into something that does what we need it to do, not just what it’s initially programmed to do. That distinction makes AI a game changer for community banks.