Harry, Just to clarify - 1 - Hardware store, which sells, amongst other items, kitchen/bath cabinets and counters - no installation (this is not a store with a backroom kitchen/bath cabinet or counter manufacturing operation - strictly sales); 2 - A GC who builds homes and purchases materials, kitch...

My_Ins_Svcs, For the life of me I could not understand how a Brooke Insurance Franchise could ever prove profitable. The old coal mine spiritual "Sixteen Tons" comes to mind. "Just another day older and deeper in debt. Saint Peter don't ya call me cause I can't go...I owe my soul to t...

SFINS,

Try the following: http://www.insurcorp.com/ or http://www.mcfaddeninsurance.com/ - both are based in Vegas and both are vendor/members of the NV Restaurant Association.

You may be able to work a deal for a portion of the commission.

Good luck!

Hal

D - Spoken like a well seasoned pro. For agencies practicing In the small commercial and personal lines market, your experience tends to ring true for many. Stats are showing, however, that the efforts of the likes of Progressive, GEICO and Esurance to change the purchasing habits of insurance consu...

Shagster, Have you read the GC's contract? Is there an indemnification agreement and hold harmless wording? If so, it would seem that this discussion about Employers Liability is simply an academic exercise. Maybe the person at the GC doesn't understand the indemnification agreement and needs to con...

Shagster, I would direct you to an excellent series of articles on Workers Comp and Employers Liability by Chris Boggs, MyNewMarkets.com. Here is a link to the first of several articles dealing with Employers Liability: http://www.mynewmarkets.com/article_view.php?id=92857 You will see links to all ...

Then there's always a MLM career. If you understand how it works you will agree wholeheartedly; however, in view of the fact that you are looking to dig deeper and deeper into an industry poised for battle, I would say that a MLM option is not at the top of your list. After 28 years on the commercia...

Meytai, You might consider a software product like Silverplume, recently merged with AMS, which will give you the information on codes, basis of premium, and on and on and on. They have a product called Sage, which will provide you with a wealth of industry/business class information - manuals and t...

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