Latest Productivity Headlines
All the headlines from our Productivity Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Employee Incentive Plans: Make Them Worthwhile
Apr 18 2005 // A few years back, while leading a seminar, we asked the audience to see if anyone had an employee incentive plan. One person raised his hand and proudly said: “I do. If they work hard they get to keep their jobs,...
SIAA Keynoter Describes Successful Agents as Smart, Efficient, Well-Informed
Apr 15 2005 // “The best way for a consumer to buy insurance is to use the services of an independent agent, but to be successful that agent has to be smart, efficient and well-informed,” Mike LaRocco, Safeco Insurance...
What is Your Agency Worth’ Productivity and Revenue Determine Value
Dec 6 2004 // Over the years, I have found that many agency owners peg their agency value to traditional benchmarks and current market values. At one time, the industry benchmark for an average agency was one and a half times annual...
Going Paperless — Is it for the Independent Agency’
Oct 11 2004 // Many independent insurance agents and brokers are used to the concept of “paperless processing” since most of the insurance companies they represent utilize imaging and content management technology. For these...
Going Paperless – Is it for the Independent Agency’
Sep 20 2004 // All Agencies Can Benefit from a Paperless Environment Many independent insurance agents and brokers are used to the concept of “paperless processing” since most of the insurance companies they represent utilize...
Six Sigma: A Measureable Approach To Providing Quality Services
Aug 23 2004 // By and Dennis Attenello The revolution continues. An ever-growing and nationwide audience of consumers is becoming increasingly aware of the quality of service they receive, giving it enlarged value and power in the...
Principals Should Focus on Creating Agency Value, Not Day-to-Day Issues
Jul 5 2004 // Over the years, I have found that many agency owners peg their agency value to traditional benchmarks and current market values. At one time, the industry benchmark for an average agency was one and a half times annual...
P/C INSURERS NEED EFFICIENCY:
Jul 5 2004 // Conning Research & Consulting Inc. released a study concluding that P/C insurers’ cost of doing business “has stagnated over the past 20 years, contrasting the remarkable efficiency gains achieved by many...
Agency Value-What is Your Agency Worth’
Jul 5 2004 // Over the years, I have found that many agency owners peg their agency value to traditional benchmarks and current market values. At one time, the industry benchmark for an average agency was one and a half times annual...
Florida Legislative Session Productive for Industry, Lobbyists Claim
Jun 7 2004 // Ask insurance industry lobbyists in Tallahassee to describe this year’s legislative session, and they’re likely to agree that it was a “very productive” session. Lawmakers enacted major pieces of...
SCA Insurance Completes Nexsure Deployment and Achieves Enhanced Levels of Productivity
Jun 2 2004 // SCA Insurance of Pueblo, Colorado, a large multi-office agency, had been watching the insurance agency management system market for years, keeping an eye open for a new and compelling agency management solution. Having...
Xerox Survey Reports Productivity as Top Business Priority for ACORD LOMA Attendees
May 25 2004 // In a survey of property, casualty, life and annuities professionals, 39 percent of respondents indicated that increasing productivity is their first priority in improving business processes, while 33 percent cited the need...
High-Tech Systems Help Make the Agent an Underwriter
May 17 2004 // Many carriers, especially commercial lines carriers, rely on independent agencies to sell and service policyholders. The agency typically owns and maintains the relationship with the insured. Carriers that maximize agent...
NAMIC: Fla. Legislature Adjourns, Session Productive for Property/Casualty Legislation
May 4 2004 // Florida’s just-ended legislative session “proved to be very productive,” an official with the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) said. Florida lawmakers enacted several key...
The Two Faces of Automation
Apr 5 2004 // An interesting event happened at a recent strategic planning session with a client. Action items for each department were being discussed. What stood out was that the majority of the action items had a heavy reliance for...
Learn from the Pros-Common Attributes of Successful Agencies
Mar 22 2004 // You’re a 15 handicap on the links. Your swing isn’t perfect, but you have managed to rationalize, or compensate for, your deficiencies. If you worked with a golf pro, you could probably correct several...
Industry Has Productive Legislative Session in New Mexico
Mar 22 2004 // The New Mexico legislature’s regular 30-day session adjourned Feb. 19. Although the New Mexico Constitution largely limits the scope of 30-day sessions to fiscal matters, the governor can ask legislators to consider...
Industry Has Productive Legislative Session in New Mexico
Mar 1 2004 // The New Mexico legislature’s regular 30-day session adjourned at noon on Feb. 19, 2004. Although the New Mexico Constitution largely limits the scope of 30-day sessions to fiscal matters, the governor can ask...
Secrets to Improving Employee Productivity
Feb 9 2004 // Among all the things that an insurance agency owner or manager needs to pay attention to, employee productivity is often considered, but not properly addressed. This is curious because maximizing employee productivity has...
ROES Delivers More Efficient Reporting System to Frank Gates Service Co.
Dec 18 2003 // Red Oak E-Commerce Solutions, Inc. (ROES), a leader in Internet based claim reporting systems, announced that Frank Gates Service Companies has switched their workers’ compensation injury reporting to ROES’...
