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Can Administering Narcan Create a General Liability Exposure?

Our Ask an Expert service offers Big “I” members insight into today’s risks or other coverage, technology, or agency management issues today’s agents encounter. This article offers insight into an…

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Danger Will Robinson! Maniloff Tackles ChatGPT

We keep hearing how ChatCPT is going to revolutionize the written word, putting millions of copywriters out of business and creating a plagiarism nightmare for the educational system. However, how…

Back to Basics – Lead with Workers Compensation Coverage

Read any insurance trade journal, and you’ll see articles about how agents can “lead with workers compensation insurance.” Savvy insurance agents can increase their business by targeting employers with considerable…

Agents’ Duty to Report Claims to the Carrier

Many agency problems arise over claims. The agent’s duty to report claims to the carrier can be one area that can generate many different scenarios and opinions. Failure to timely…

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Are You Missing Opportunities to Cross Sell?

According to Insurance Thought Leadership, it costs a business seven-to-nine times more to acquire a new customer than to retain a current client. So why aren’t today’s agents focusing more…

Costly Coverage Mistakes

Are you losing clients to online insurance carriers? Do you worry that an issue of inadequate limits, coverage gaps, or payment snafus can expose your agency to an errors and…

Hiring Help is Finally Here

As agents and broker scramble to hire, whether hiring the right fit or promoting from within, is easier if you test knowledge before making that employment offer.

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