Agency Management

Whether you have written plans or informal plans, a key to your plan’s success is how you face the inevitable problems or roadblocks that arise in the course of your…

We often hear of agencies ‘merging’ as a form of perpetuation planning for an owner. When we analyze most of these ‘mergers’, we find that they were acquisitions in disguise…

To understand the problems in your agency, sometimes it takes someone on the outside looking in. This article addresses four of the most common positions held by agency owners that…

Many agents possess a significant fear that they are not big enough. No matter if an agency has $500,000, $1 million, $5 million or $100 million, I’ve had agency executives…

Most agents understand that the value of their agencies lie in the value of the book of business – the future revenues and earnings derived from policy renewals and to…

As tough a sale as it is, life insurance can be sold. A far tougher sale is disability insurance. Most prospects do not understand statistically how likely they are to…

I have unfortunately worked with the families, estates and partners of several agency owners who have passed away. Most, but not all, of the deaths occurred unexpectedly. In all cases,…

Below is a listing of Virtual University articles that have been rewritten from a consumer perspective. These articles are provided in Microsoft Word format, except where noted, and were developed…

Below is a listing of Virtual University articles that have been rewritten from a consumer perspective. These articles are provided in Microsoft Word format, except where noted, and were developed…

This article was a June 2003 Survey from Your “VUPoint”. Here are your opinions about “Certificate vs. Policy Limits”.