Account Manager and CSR Roles and Performance March 23, 2020 By Catherine Oak and Bill Schoeffler Account managers are the backbone of an agency. Account managers (AM) are also called customer service representatives (CSR) and are...
Things to Consider When Using Agency Partnership Groups February 10, 2020 By Catherine Oak and Bill Schoeffler Regardless of agency size, sometimes it is difficult to get access to all the markets that might be needed for...
Industry Trends to Exploit for 2020 January 13, 2020 By Catherine Oak and Bill Schoeffler The insurance industry is so intertwined into the economy and society, that just about any noticeable change in either will...
How to Lower Agency Value December 16, 2019 By Catherine Oak and Bill Schoeffler As the M&A frenzy continues, buyers keep pushing the envelope when it comes to agency value. The private equity firms...
How to Bring in Young People to Insurance November 18, 2019 By Catherine Oak and Rachel Schoeffler The workforce is faced with a generation gap. Baby boomers are retiring at the rate of 10,000 per day. Generation...
Merger & Acquisition (M&A) Trends Continue October 21, 2019 By Catherine Oak There is no end in sight. How can our insurance industry keep the incredible pace of high-valued acquisitions happening? It...
Financial Management 101 September 16, 2019 By Bill Schoeffler and Catherine Oak Typically, financial management is learned on the job rather than through formal training. Agency owners frequently start off as producers,...
Agency Management 101 August 19, 2019 By Catherine Oak and Bill Schoeffler When it comes to business management, there are “best practices, “bad practices” and then there is “what works for the...
Extreme Ownership of the Agency June 17, 2019 By Catherine Oak and William Schoeffler Jr. In May, one of our agency clients, Milestone Risk Management & Insurance Services in Irvine, Calif., (Ron & John Hoefer)...
Why Agencies Should Ramp Up Value-Added Services May 20, 2019 By Catherine Oak and Bill Schoeffler Let’s face it, insurance is a commodity. The insurance consumer will not see any significant value difference between insurance companies...