As Hurricane Irma battered Florida, the cream of the insurance world — gathered in Monte Carlo — was assessing the costs of the storm for the global industry. The takeaway so far: Irma and its predecessor, Hurricane Harvey,, which caused …
The images of familiar places underwater in South Texas and Floria haunt us. The spirit of volunteers risking their lives to help strangers emboldens us. But those in the home building insurance industry naturally start to think about the near …
Campus Guns “College campuses as gun-free zones present an environment where murderers, rapists and other criminals may commit crimes without fear of being harmed by their victims.” — An NRA lobbyist who supported a new Tennessee law to allow state …
The term “speed-to-value” has been around as a management maxim for decades but is being reborn in the digital age — and its application for agents today is perfectly timed. Here’s why. Speed-to-value refers to the need to continually develop …
When you sell insurance policies like every other agency, how can you stand out from the competition? Be irreplaceable. It’s simpler than it sounds when you follow three rules. The first is counterintuitive; the second has nothing to do with …
The federal flood insurance program is on a course to continue falling deeper in debt, even when there is no catastrophic storm like Katrina or Harvey. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is currently on a path that will lead …
For the commercial property and casualty, and employee benefits segments of the insurance industry, anti-rebating laws are both nonsense and anti-consumer. Competition is intended to protect competitiveness in the marketplace, not to protect competitors. Producers need to be able to …
An agency owner named John called me up and said in a very sober tone, “We need to double our new business, can you help us?” John told me how he is the top producer and had just inherited the …
An all-time high 85 percent of senior business executives at major U.S. companies say a state’s lawsuit environment is likely to impact decisions about where to locate or expand their business, according to the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform’s …
The Northern United Agents Alliance, G&A Insurance, The Richards Group The Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA) of Concord, N.H., has announced that G&A Insurance of Dover, N.H., has joined the NUAA as a participating member, and The Richards Group of …
