A freelance journalist was working on a story about what questions a consumer or business owner should ask when buying insurance. She was seeking five questions each from several insurance…
Many agency owners try to make producers out of employees simply by giving them the title “producer.” Even if these employees are not producing, they are given the title “producer”…
The cry we hear loudest from agents is that they are losing customers to cheaper alternatives. Yet watching the buying habits of these same customers, they don’t buy the cheapest…
Is the future positive for small, traditional agencies? As with most broad looking-into-the-future answers, it depends. It depends on knowledge, commitment, and recognizing reality. For example….
Perhaps a large majority of all businesses are subject to data breach liability whereby someone steals or makes unauthorized use of personal or confidential information, often of customers. Such data…
Over the next several months we are going to explore how you can protect your data from a data breach and what the federal and state laws say you must…
With a new year just beginning, now is the time to start questioning your customer service delivery. In this short article, customer service expert Shep Hyken presents 14 questions you…
Many mobile businesses today rely almost exclusively on the vehicle(s) used in the business. As a result, if a vehicle is put out of commission, the business can suffer a…
ISO has introduced two new HO endorsements and revised one HO endorsement. The revised endorsement seeks to clarify coverage for water back-up and sump discharge or overflow. The new endorsements…
Years ago I took a course offered by the Afterburners, a group of former military fighter pilots who teach corporate America how to bring military strategy into their boardroom. One…
