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Reducing E&O Exposures: What Agents Need to Know

Certificates of Insurance, Data Breaches, Unfamiliar Markets Among Exposures for Agents Insurance agents who fail to keep up with changing legislation, regulations, policies and forms are opening themselves up to costly errors and omissions (E&O) claims, according to experts and …

10 Ways to Make Insurance Agencies More Successful… Now

Insurance Agency Marketing Requires Careful Planning and Constant Implementation A revolution is underway that is having dramatic effects on insurance agencies, and the entire world. In the simplest terms, no one wants to do anything they don’t want to do. …

5 Steps to Real-Time Performance Reviews

On the list of things that are done for all the wrong reasons in organizations, performance reviews would have to rank near the top. They end up being “check the boxes” exercises that have little influence on performance because they …

What Agents Can Do

There are several steps agents can take to reduce their general E&O exposure: Sally: “By far, the most common claim is simply an allegation of failure to place coverage. The most reliable way to prevent these is written documentation that …

Berkley: Economic Recovery Depends on Country’s State of Mind

Economic recovery in the United States is now very dependent on the state of mind of the American public and its business leaders, according to William R. Berkley, founder, chairman and CEO of W.R. Berkley Corp. “No one in Washington …

People

Juan Andrade stepped down as Commercial Markets president at The Hartford to join Ace as president of the insurers’ Global Personal Lines and Small Commercial Insurance division. He will assume the new position with Ace in December. Andrade joined The …

A New Way to Reach Consumers

Fiesta Auto Insurance Combines Insurance and Tax Preparation Services Under One Roof Modeling an insurance agency business after a sandwich shop might sound like an unusual goal, but that’s what John Rost, founder, president of CEO of Fiesta Auto Insurance …

Reducing E&O Exposures: What Agents Need to Know

Certificates of Insurance, Data Breaches, Unfamiliar Markets Among Exposures for Agents Insurance agents who fail to keep up with changing legislation, regulations, policies and forms are opening themselves up to costly errors and omissions (E&O) claims, according to experts and …

What Agents Can Do

Several steps agents can take to reduce their general E&O exposure: Sally: “By far, the most common claim is simply an allegation of failure to place coverage. The most reliable way to prevent these is written documentation that says, ‘This …

How an E&O Claim Could Affect Agency Employee’s Career

Survey Finds Agencies Take a Second Look at Hiring Employees With Past E&O Histories Today’s soft insurance market, reduced commissions and a tough economy for agency owners and their clients might be adding to agency errors and omissions (E&O) exposures. …