Articles by Rick Bondurant

Challenges and Strategies for the 21st Century Independent Agency

The letter from the Palatine Insurance Co. to the independent insurance agency, written in the dawn of a new century began: “The insurance business is experiencing perilous and unprecedented challenges …” The date: 1921. As the saying goes, everything old …

Challenges and Strategies for the 21st Century Independent Agency

The letter from the Palatine Insurance Co. to the independent insurance agency, written in the dawn of a new century began: “The insurance business is experiencing perilous and unprecedented challenges …” The date: 1921. As the saying goes, everything old …

Challenges and Strategies for the 21st Century Independent Agency

The letter from the Palatine Insurance Co. to the independent insurance agency, written in the dawn of a new century began: “The insurance business is experiencing perilous and unprecedented challenges …” The date: 1921. As the saying goes, everything old …

Leverage agency resources by retaining your talent

(Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of articles offering “best practices” suggestions for the hiring process in the independent agency. More information is available at iiat.org under Agency Management.) In previous articles, Paul Martin and I have …

Leverage agency resources by retaining your talent

(Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of articles offering “best practices” suggestions for the hiring process in the independent agency. More information is available at iiat.org under Agency Management.) In previous articles, Paul Martin and I have …

In recruiting, qualify before you sell

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles offering “best practices” suggestions for the hiring process in the independent agency. More information is available at iiat.org under Agency Management. In the first article of this series (Insurance …

In recruiting, qualify before you sell

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles offering “best practices” suggestions for the hiring process in the independent agency. More information is available at iiat.org under Agency Management. In the first article of this series (Insurance …

Using a Marketing Approach to Recruiting Employees

This is the first in a series of articles offering “best practices” for the hiring process in the independent agency. More information is available at: www.iiat.org, under Agency Management. The lifeblood of the independent insur-ance agency system is sales. You …

Using a Marketing Approach to Recruiting Employees

(Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles offering “best practices” suggestions for the hiring process in the independent agency. More information is available at iiat.org under Agency Management.) The lifeblood of the independent insurance agency system …