Latest Productivity Headlines
All the headlines from our Productivity Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Agencies Outsourcing to China to Reduce Backlogs, Free Up Resources
Mar 22 2010 // Gains Made By Offering Half-Price, Off-Hours, Highly-Efficient Back Office As more insurance agencies look for new ways to improve productivity and lower expenses, more owners and managers are investigating the potential...
Green Is Good, Right?
Mar 22 2010 // Insurers Monitoring Defects, Claims Tied to Green Building Products and Designs From wind turbines and fuel cells to vegetative roofs and bamboo surfaces, innovative green construction materials are showing up everywhere....
Counties with Levees Are Some of the Nation’s Most Economically Sound, Report Says
Jan 25 2010 // Hundreds of levees around the United States protect vulnerable areas and tens of millions of people from potentially devastating floods. Yet hardly anyone gives them a second thought until one is breached. The most glaring...
Report: Counties with Levees Are Among the Nation’s Most Economically Sound
Jan 24 2010 // Flooding Costs Are Outweighed by Regional Economic Benefits There are hundreds of levees around the United States that protect vulnerable areas and tens of millions of people from potentially devastating floods each year....
Report: Counties with Levees Are Among the Nation’s Most Economically Sound
Jan 24 2010 // Flooding Costs Are Outweighed by Regional Economic Benefits Hundreds of levees around the United States protect vulnerable areas and tens of millions of people from potentially devastating floods each year. Yet hardly...
Agencies Outsourcing to China to Reduce Backlogs, Free Up Resources
Nov 15 2009 // ReSource Pro Gains by Offering Half-Price, Off-Hours, Highly-Efficient Back Office As more insurance agencies look for new ways to improve productivity and lower expenses, more owners and managers are investigating the...
Agencies Outsourcing to China to Reduce Backlogs, Free Up Resources
Nov 15 2009 // ReSource Pro Gains By Offering Half-Price, Off-Hours, Highly-Efficient Back Office As more insurance agencies look for new ways to improve productivity and lower expenses, more owners and managers are investigating the...
How to Reinvigorate Producers and Other Employees Who Have Lost Their Spark or Become Too Comfortable
Oct 5 2009 // Incentive Compensation Should Focus on Customers not Premiums, Consultant Says Al Diamond is one of the country’s best known agency management consultants. His firm, the Agency Consulting Group, is based in Cherry...
Bank Insurance Program Productivity Up 12.5% in 2009
Sep 29 2009 // The production of insurance brokerage fee income per bank employee continued to rise through the first two quarters of 2009 to exceed year-end 2008 productivity by 12.5 percent, according to the Michael White-Prudential...
Text: Sen. Baucus Introduces to Senate Financial Committee Health Bill
Sep 16 2009 // The following announcment was released by the office of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D,Mont.). Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D,Mont.) today introduced the America’s Healthy Future...
E&S Brokers Look for Rays of Light at the End of the Tunnel
Sep 7 2009 // Flat Economy, Persistent Soft Markets Have Forced Leaner Business Models, More Automation A poor economy, natural catastrophes and an extended soft market have all combined to nip growth in the excess and surplus lines...
How to Re-ignite Producers – and Other Employees – Who Have Lost Their Spark and become Too Comfortable
Aug 3 2009 // Incentive Compensation Focused on Customers, Not Premiums, Works, Consultant Says Al Diamond is one of the country’s best known agency management consultants. His firm, the Agency Consulting Group, is based in Cherry...
How to Re-ignite Producers – and Other Employees – Who Have Lost Their Spark
Aug 3 2009 // Incentive Compensation Focused on Customers, Not Premiums, Works, Consultant Says Al Diamond is one of the country’s best known and respected agency management consultants. His firm, the Agency Consulting Group, is...
Challenges to Anti-Concurrent Cause Clauses Linger in Katrina Lawsuits
Jul 27 2009 // Hurricane Katrina, in addition to causing unprecedented damage and destruction, added significantly to the workload of state and federal courts in Louisiana and Mississippi. Almost four years after the fact, those courts...
Further Challenges to Anti-Concurrent Cause Clauses
Jul 20 2009 // Hurricane Katrina brought the question of the validity and applicability of ACCs to the forefront. Hurricane Katrina, in addition to causing unprecedented damage and destruction, added significantly to the workload of...
How to Re-ignite Producers – and Other Employees – Who Have Lost Their Spark
Jun 1 2009 // Incentive Compensation Focused on Customers, Not Premiums, Works, Consultant Says Al Diamond is one of the country’s best known and respected agency management consultants. His firm, the Agency Consulting Group, is...
How to Re-ignite Producers – and Other Employees – Who Have Lost Their Spark
Jun 1 2009 // Al Diamond is one of the country’s best known and respected agency management consultants. His firm, the Agency Consulting Group, is based in Cherry Hill, N.J. He deals with agencies across the country on issues...
Every Agency Can Measure and Maximize Its Performance
May 18 2009 // Clear Roles, Documentation, Communication Among Lessons Shared By Consultants for High-Performing Agencies Use your agency management system to the max. Measure your productivity. Communicate consistently and effectively...
How to Improve Productivity in a New Economy
May 4 2009 // Agencies Must Stop Money Wasting Financial Leaks The economy is in the tank and so is the stock market. Thousands are unemployed and many people do not know where to turn. No one is setting up charities for insurance...
Don’t Cheap Out on the Training
Apr 20 2009 // And Other Lessons from High-Performing Agencies Use your agency management system to the max. Measure your productivity. Communicate consistently and effectively with your staff, customers and carriers. And above all,...
