Hello, Clint.

BTW, I'm impressed with your community involvements that you posted on your website. Keep it up.

GenYBroker
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Hello, everyone. I'm trying to put together a list of P&C, Life, Health wholesalers cartering to independent agencies. American Wholesale Insurance Group InsuranceNoodle (funny name) Please add more wholesalers to the list. If you can comment on your experiences working them. That would be great...

Thank you all for your valuable input. A side note: I just went to a Farmers-appointed agency and talked to a lady who owns it about how her business is doing. She did not give me any encouragement. Instead, she said there are increasingly fierce competitions (Internet, local agencies) in this insur...

Hello, everyone. I'm trying to come up with a plan to make my transition into insurance career a smooth one. I want to make sure that I have a safety net when I make the jump. With current company, I'm a salaried employee. Thus, I get all the benefit of a salaried employee (fixed income, vacation/si...

Hello, everyone. I found a article on E&O coverage in our backyard. <a href='http://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/southeast/2005/02/07/features/51597.htm' target='_blank'>Insurance Agents E&O: Are YOU Properly Covered?</a> It has some good points that I will put on my checklist when get...

Hello, Pita. Your judgment is right. I will focus on personal lines and commercial lines for "very" small businesses. I guess not much money to be made from. I gather the big money is with commercial lines/ surplus lines. Well, I don't have the high caliber so I can't expect too much. Than...

Thank you all for your inputs on this E&O subject.

If you have more insights on this subject, please contribute so other "green" folks like me can learn from.

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GenYBroker.

P.S: I'm from Anaheim, CA.

Hello, everyone. As you might know I am a GenYBroker. Very green, indeed. I welcome everyone's input. What is the average E & O premium for a new Independent Agency coverage (1 producer)? Whose sole proprietor has no prior experience in operating an IA but has 6 years of professional experience ...

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Hello, everyone. I try to figure how much space I would need for my IA office. I will likely have 3 people working in this future office. What is recommended office space? It seems to be a silly question. However, as you might know that office space in southern California is very very very expensive...

Hello, fellow young broker. Let's hope that someone out there is willing to help. B) In the mean time, I keep my fingers crossed and look into other options. You can also try to see if the SCORE office in your state has someone with insurance experience. Check them out. Look under Illinois for a loc...

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