VU Resources

Worldly and Not-So-Worldly Wisdom

As I progress in my career and in life, I work to be more intentional about learning life’s lessons. A lot of what I learn comes from my own warped…

Legal Terms Every Agent Should Know

Because agents work in a contract-based industry subject to many legal concepts, understanding specific legal terms is necessary.

Debating Ambiguities in Insurance Contracts

Every insurance practitioner knows what happens when there is an ambiguity in policy language, the insured is supposed to win. But what makes a provision ambiguous? Is an ambiguity created…

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Does This Sound Like YOUR Underwriter?

I asked agents from all over the country to recount some of the strangest, most unusual, or simply irritating situations involving underwriters. Here are some of their responses.

Are You One of ‘Those’ Agents?

I asked underwriters from all over the country to recount some of the strangest, most unusual, or simply irritating situations involving agents. Here are some of their responses.

What is a “Change” in Risk?

When can an insurance carrier cancel a policy during the middle of the policy term? Everyone knows and can easily explain cancellation for non-payment, but that’s not the issue. The…

It’s Called Underwriting! Maybe You Heard of It

Insurance carriers are required to make decisions regarding which endorsements to add, which ones to remove and how best to structure the coverage to protect both the insured and the…

Insurance in Your Wildest Imagination

What does the future of insurance hold for we mere mortals? Your guess is as good as mine, but we need to imagine it. Technology and the world in general…

Certainly There is an Alternative to Ethics Education

Ethics is a rather irrelevant CE topic. Knowing the difference between theoretical and applied ethics does not help the insured avoid a catastrophic financial loss because the agent didn’t understand…

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