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Growing and Evolving for More Than a Century

Korotkin Insurance Group (KIG) in Southfield, Michigan, may be more than 100 years old, but it’s definitely not stagnating and that’s a definite plus, according to those who work there. With 55 employees and annual revenues in the $1 million …

How Independent Agencies Can Set Themselves Apart

For independent agents, building a community-based brand has always been a smart way to set themselves apart from their exclusive counterparts. Now, as the next wave of COVID-19 hits the U.S. economy, it’s more important than ever for agents to …

Young E&S Professionals Face Toughest Market They Have Ever Seen

Wholesaler brokers of all ages are facing hard market conditions with rising insurance rates, tighter underwriting and fewer carriers willing to write some tough classes. They, like everyone, are also experiencing fewer face-to-face meetings, which they believe are important to …

Senior Living in a Post-Pandemic World

Property/casualty insurance for senior living facilities has taken a hit this year. The insurance market has been hardening for the last year or two, and the COVID-19 pandemic brought on a wave of new challenges that has only compounded the …

Zeta’s Total Onshore U.S. Insured Losses Could Rise to $5B: RMS

Catastrophe risk modeler RMS has estimated that insured losses from Hurricane Zeta could rise to as high as $5 billion in the U.S. That figure is slightly higher than estimates announced earlier by catastrophe modelers AIR Worldwide, CoreLogic and Karen …

Business Divorce

Breakups hurt — both financially and emotionally — in both business and in marriage. Just as sociologists have predicted spikes in marital divorce rates, there is now also a noticeable increase in partner disagreements in healthy, thriving businesses. And insurance …

3 Ps to Consider When Managing the Risks of Assisted Living Facilities

Assisted living facilities provide a necessary service to our aging population, but operating them comes with risks. When you consider that they are designed to provide care for our loved ones in ways that many of us are not able …

A Family Atmosphere at Stanton Insurance Group

While Stanton Insurance Group (SIG) is in the business of providing insurance for cars, homes and businesses, President David W. Stanton says the agency is also about much more than that. “As a local business, we have a responsibility to …

Three Generations of Doing the Right Thing

Words like “fair,” “ethical, and “accommodating,” may not top a list of words you’d think would energize workers, but there was no shortage of enthusiasm found in comments from employees who heaped praise on The Buckner Co. in Salt Lake …

Valued Employees Dedicated to Putting Clients First

There were many reasons that employees of Florida-based Darr Schackow Insurance nominated their employer as a Best Agency to Work For this year, including its work in the communities it serves and how hard it works for its customers. But …

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