Agency Management

Apples-to-Apples Agents – Please Don’t Be One

First, you should never “quote” a policy; and second, you should never propose coverage that only matches what the insured had previously. If all you provide is an “apples-to-apples” proposal,…

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The Great Bad Faith Myth

Randy Maniloff, an attorney and insurance expert, discusses what is really required before a carrier can be found guilty of bad faith. The threshold for bad faith is more than…

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How the Top 10 Songs of All Time Remind Me of Insurance

If you are a music aficionado, you will consider this blasphemy. But if you are an insurance aficionado, this article will assure you never listen to the radio the same…

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I’m Shopping for a New Insurance Agent

Agents owe their clients a certain level of service, but what is that level? What should be the agent’s role? What standards of care are reasonable to properly assure an…

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Insurance: A Once Honorable Profession

Insurance was an honorable profession, the habitat of honorable professionals. It can be again, can’t it? Only we can pull us from a fate from which there is no escape.

Take Your Kid to Work and Look What Happens

It takes a special breed to work in the IT department. Take your kid to work and you may find that special person.

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Can An Organization Outgrow Its Owner And Vice Versa?

Agencies initially develop the personalities of their owner. If the agent is sales oriented, the agency grows staff that key in on the sales and marketing process. If the agent…

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Holding A Client Hostage Revisited – Again

Are insurance carriers required to honor an AOR? We have discussed this question a couple times, most recently with a Point/Counterpoint article. In this re-visitation a couple reader responses to…

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Antivirus and Anti-Malware Software for Agencies

Every small business owner should prioritize using effective software to prevent virus infection. Whenever someone begins their search for online security, they ultimately discover there are two major types of…

Agency Security Education & Training

All the firewalls, operating system patches, and defenses are for naught if your agency staff is not properly trained on security protocol – One errant click or opening a file…

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