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by Aries3883
Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:31 pm
Forum: Hard-to-Place Accounts
Topic: Commercial Motorcycle Insurance in NY
Replies: 2
Views: 4826

Commercial Motorcycle Insurance in NY

I have a driving school that wants to start giving motorycle lessons. Can't find anyone that will do it.
by Aries3883
Mon May 03, 2010 1:28 pm
Forum: Opinions
Topic: Start Up P&C Brokerage
Replies: 11
Views: 15230

Re: Start Up P&C Brokerage

Small update here. I did it! I started my own brokerage/agency. It's pretty slow right now, trying to get appointments with companies, some are very lax, like progressive. They completed their application, got a response, now I have to wait up to 30 days for contact from the marketing rep in my area...
by Aries3883
Sat Mar 13, 2010 5:44 pm
Forum: Opinions
Topic: insurance
Replies: 14
Views: 15610

Re: insurance

An interesting concept... forced medical insurance. In Washington State we made auto liability insurance mandatory back in the '80s. At the time 10% of all drivers involved in an accident had no insurance. Almost 30 years later we have... you guessed it... 10% of all drivers involved in an accident...
by Aries3883
Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:01 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: Start Up P&C Brokerage
Replies: 11
Views: 15230

Re: Start Up P&C Brokerage

Is the new partner aware that for a non-compete/non-piracy agreemnet to be enforcable that it must be agreed to at least thirty days prior to employment or have a valuable consideration given at the time of the agreement. You don't say what your relationships with the field reps for the companies y...
by Aries3883
Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:13 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: Start Up P&C Brokerage
Replies: 11
Views: 15230

Re: Start Up P&C Brokerage

Thanks for the reply, there is more to the story. My current contract states that all the clients I bring in are mine, so I'm really an in house producer, but I also service the companies clients as well as clients other producers bring in. My old boss retired, left his partner in charge, who is now...
by Aries3883
Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:27 pm
Forum: Opinions
Topic: Start Up P&C Brokerage
Replies: 11
Views: 15230

Start Up P&C Brokerage

Just wondering if anyone else has ever gone through something like this. I'm leaving my current job at an insurance brokerage to start up my own. If I call up some the companies I currently deal with right now at my current job, whom which I have long standing relationships with underwriters, custom...