Agency Operations

E&O Coverage for Non-Insurance Related Agency Services

Author: Bill Wilson “Do you have specimen wording that we can provide to our insureds to implement as a company policy requiring their employees to provide certain limits of liability…

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Why Great Loss Ratios are not the Goal of All Insurance Companies

Many agency owners take great pride in generating low loss ratios year after year. These agencies are often small but very, very profitable. These agency owners are not happy with…

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Is Insurance Knowledge Important?

What does an agency sell? One might say an agency sells price. Fair enough. But what are they selling for price? An insurance policy? Any policy? Is whether or not…

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Virtual Management and Dashboard Reports

We initially created our first Dashboard Report for absentee owners and “virtual” managers of an agency who wanted to know (in two pages) “everything” that were going on in their…

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Survey: Certificate vs. Policy Limits

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

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The Birth of YourAgency.com

Yes, they’re failing… the DotComs are going under by the droves, and if you’ve been reading the news, you’re even LESS inspired than ever to build a web site, or…

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The Danger of Not Reporting Claims

When automobile claims come in we always talk to the insured about the benefits of self-insuring the loss if they can, but more and more we are seeing lawsuits being…

Beware of What You Say in Email!

Email evidence was a highly publicized part of the Microsoft antitrust case, with both sides resurrecting chatty notes that are several years old. The case has shed light on some…

Standards & Guidelines For Appraising Insurance Agencies / Brokerages

Insurance agencies have their own unique business attributes. For appraisal purposes, these attributes do not “fit the mold” that is used by the business appraisal community in general. Part of…

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