Ransomware Risk: 4 Questions to Ask to Optimize Cyber Insurance June 5, 2017 By Paul King Following the “WannaCry” ransomware cyberattack in at least 140 countries, insurers, brokers and cyber risk management specialists are working with...
Dreaming of Selling Your Agency? Here’s How to Avoid Costly Mistakes June 5, 2017 By Lisa Doherty “I’m being bought out!” “We’re merging with an agency five times our size that will take our revenue to a...
A Few E&O Tips to Watch: Certificates, Carrier Ratings and Alternative Markets June 5, 2017 By Chris Burand It seems agencies today have more challenges than ever. Below are three tips to reduce errors and omissions (E&O) exposures....
Surplus Lines Could Meet Your Insured’s Flood Coverage Needs May 15, 2017 By Norma Essary The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been the topic of much debate in recent years, especially with the program...
Tech Talk: How to Use Digital Body Language May 15, 2017 By Tom Wetzel “When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.”...
Producer Compliance in California: The Top Three Regulatory Danger Zones May 15, 2017 By Mark B. Robinson Like Big Brother, California’s Department of Insurance is watching you. Okay, perhaps not literally — and certainly not all of...
Minding Your Business: Preparing for the Loss of a Producer May 15, 2017 By Catherine Oak and Bill Schoeffler Recently, a client of ours had two producers leave to start their own agency. The impact on the agency was...
The Wedge: The Scientific Selling Power of Yes, No and Maybe May 15, 2017 By Randy Schwantz My dad was a fighter pilot. He flew a P-47 Thunderbolt, one of the heaviest fighter planes ever built. The...
The Competitive Advantage: Agency-Carrier Contract Negotiations May 1, 2017 By Chris Burand One of the worst sentences a contract attorney’s clients can hear when that attorney is opining on some onerous clause...
The Wedge: Top 7 Agency, Producers Problems Owners Should Solve April 17, 2017 By Randy Schwantz (Top Seven Problems You Really Want to Solve) Agency owners with an entrepreneurial spirit want to grow their agencies, but...