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Executive risk exposures producers should know Every day, corporate executives are expected to make the perfect business decisions on all issues. Obviously, this does not happen all the time. The best one can truly expect is for the executives to …

Executive risk exposures producers should know

The true insurance professional will understand that there exists a complex world of executive risk losses that can range from shareholder litigation against the board of directors, human resource related claims, lawsuits against a board for decisions made, or the …

‘Free agents’ and other 2007 management trends

What are the trends agency management owners should pay attention to? Here is a list of the key issues that many firms are struggling with today and a few suggestions on how to handle these trends. 1.”Free agent” producers Just …

‘Free agents’ and other 2007 management trends

What are the trends agency management owners should pay attention to? Here is a list of the key issues that many firms are struggling with today and a few suggestions on how to handle these trends. 1. “Free agent” producers …

Compensation for employee benefits staff should mirror commercial lines

In our travels as consultants to the insurance industry, we have noticed that one of the more elusive “standards” or “norms” is compensation for employee benefits producers and staff. The difficulty in establishing an “average” is that the plans are …

Minding Your Business

In our travels as consultants to the insurance industry, we have noticed that one of the more elusive “standards” or “norms” is compensation for employee benefits producers and staff. The difficulty in establishing an “average” is that the plans are …

Four goals for owners

Take out your business plan when reading this article and see if it needs to be revised and updated. If you don’t have a business plan, then this article should be used as the basis of the plan for the …

Four goals for owners

Take out your business plan when reading this article and see if it needs to be revised and updated. If you don’t have a business plan, then this article should be used as the basis of the plan for the …

When all else fails, do something different

An old “Seinfeld” episode portends George Costanza fed up with his string of bad luck. He figures that the things he normally chooses to do end up with something bad happening. George decides that in order for things to change …

When all else fails, do something different

An old “Seinfeld” episode portends George Costanza fed up with his string of bad luck. He figures that the things he normally chooses to do end up with something bad happening. George decides that in order for things to change …

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