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Keep Both Eyes on the Road…Mostly

Keep both eyes on the road and both hands on the wheel.  Most of us likely heard something similar as we were learning to drive.  It was intended to help…

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ACT Celebrates 25 Years and Introduces Video Initiatives

The Agents Council for Technology (ACT), a program under the National Big ‘I” umbrella with a focus on helping agents make strategic technology decisions is celebrating their 25th anniversary this…

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Bluesnarfing, Bluejacking, Sybil Attacks and Other Scary Tactics

Every day we read about more ways nefarious actors find to invade cyber boundaries. A recent Big I article educated me about three new techniques: bluesnarfing, bluejacking, and Sybil attacks. As consumers, we embrace convenience, and…

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​Why Insurance Agents Need to Focus on Retention in the Current Market

It’s a challenging time for the insurance industry—inflation affecting replacement costs, ongoing regulatory changes in several U.S. markets, increasing natural catastrophes coast to coast, carriers exiting certain markets—the list is…

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Dive into the AI Ocean

Unless you’re still taking your morning coffee sorting punch cards with Herman Hollerith, you’ve spent the last year or so trying to wrap your head around AI and what it…

Top 5 Underrated Insurance Marketing Tips & Tricks

Odds are, you’ve likely heard many basic insurance marketing tips and tricks, like establishing a social media presence or starting a newsletter. In many cases, though, these commonplace marketing ideas…

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Attention Independent Agents – Improve Your Email Deliverability!

Ways to increase email deliverability as an insurance agent Email marketing offers returns over 40% higher than SEO and keyword advertisements, according to Oberlo, making it one of the most…

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