Be very careful to check out the terms of the contract you will be signing. What is the minimum number of policies you need to write before your book starts earning (YOU) commissions? How long do you have to get there? If your taking over a book, do you have a certified audit of policies in force? (...

I received this in my inbox but the person would not post directly: I didn't want to post pubically as I work for Applied and didn't want to taint peoples opinion, but I assure you this is 100% new without one line of code coming from TAM or Vision. It runs in a rich client enviroment either thick o...

Hmm, From a technology standpoint, I see Epic as a step back into the past. Both AMS and Nexsure have the latest version of product in a web environment. Epic seems to be an installed software with all of the issues and problems we have become accustomed to with installed software for the past 20 ye...

Quick thoughts,

#1 Making payments on private assets from a corp account seems wrong and I would be out

#2 No clear title, out

#3 Time spent vs commission, out

We will make a provision for the agents to have a separate account to do commissions.

Thank you for the help!
MC

We are setting up sweep accounts in a number of states. Companies sweep premiums collected by agents directly into a company account from the agent account. Some agents would like for the companies to sweep commissions back the same way. An issue was raised that perhaps a sweep account cannot be use...

Good news for independent agents... The HARD MARKET is coming! Reinsurance rates for large captives are going up significantly. These companies have suffered losses from storms and the stock market as well. Many large captives are facing a situation where they may make 0% on their investments for 20...

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I think it comes down to your business. Are you a retail agency serving consumers or business? If your serving consumers, then its pretty obvious that your going to get walkins with cash. I see walkins monthly paying their auto/home insurance because they don't have a checking account. I think the q...

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We see this commonly used in the midwest, Ok, Ar, Mo, Ill, Ks, etc. Agents are particularily interested in recouping time and gas spent photographing property that is farther than a set limit say outside the local county or city or over 10 miles from the office. We have seen no issues with this as t...

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And, they both have a Missouri online comparative rating/application system.

Mica
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