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Ethics in the Insurance Industry

March is Ethics Awareness Month in the insurance industry. This has become an annual event, sponsored by the Insurance Institute for Applied Ethics and the CPCU Society, and endorsed by…

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Ethical Dilemma #3: The Case of All’s Fair in Love, War and Insurance

In March 2002, Ethics Awareness Month, we ran a contest with three ethical dilemmas, asking our newsletter readers to respond with their answers. Below is one of those questions, along…

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What You Can Do About Insurer Insolvency (Part 2 of 2)

Mission. Integrity. Ideal. Excalibur. Universal. Enterprise. Great Global. American Excel. Champion. Adjectives for the Virtual University? Nope…names of companies that used to insure millions of individuals, families and businesses. Perhaps…

Certificates of Insurance: Will You “Endeavor To” Be Ethical?

The ACORD certificates of insurance indicate that the issuing insurer will “endeavor to” provide notice of cancellation to the certificate holder. Typically, nothing in the policy requires this and many…

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What Would YOU Do?

An agent discovers that his insured, a childcare center, has been underpaying her premium for at least five years due to a clerical coding error. He knows for a fact…

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The Baby Boomer Business Owner…Is Retirement a Requirement?

When FDR linked social security with retirement in the U.S. he adopted the retirement age used by Germany, 65 years old. Today our average life span is more than a…

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Agency Acquisition – 2008

Some brokers have been buying dozens of smaller agencies every year. Smaller agencies have been buying each other to supplement income and offset costs for the sake of growth and…

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Give Your Kids a Chance to Succeed

Parents are always parents and most parents never stop worrying about their children. Such worry, though, sometimes robs children of their success and happiness. In agencies, the parent/owner is often…

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Carrier Scorecards

We recently received this question: “Are you aware of any firm that provides insurance company scorecards…something an agent may use to compare companies that he/she may wish to do business…

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