Tomorrow’s Insurance Agent: Leveraging New Skill Sets Next Gens Bring to the Table March 4, 2024 By Tony Caldwell For the last decade and a half, business leaders have struggled to comprehend, motivate and manage the millennial generation. Recently,...
3 Areas for Agents to Focus Growth Efforts in 2024 As the Hard Market Continues February 5, 2024 By Tony Caldwell We are obviously in one of the most intense hard markets of the last several decades. While much has been...
Buying and Selling: 5 Tips for Successful Agency Transactions November 20, 2023 By Tony Caldwell You are going to sell your interest in your agency at some point. Whether the sale is internal, external, to...
Leveraging Memberships to Boost Business, Improve Community October 16, 2023 By Tony Caldwell As a young professional I was very interested in becoming active in my community. Of course, I knew that this...
5 Top Mistakes Every Independent Agent Should Avoid September 18, 2023 By Tony Caldwell One of my favorite sayings is “failure is tuition for something else.” I adopted this phrase during a conversation with...
Dodging Distractions: Focus on Relationships for Long-Term Agency Success August 21, 2023 By Tony Caldwell Life has never held more opportunities for our attention to be pulled away from what is most important. We have...
The Secret Sauce: The Keys to Long-Standing Client Relationships July 3, 2023 By Tony Caldwell Recently I renewed two large accounts for the twenty-sixth time. Over the years, I’ve found the loyalty of these particular...
ChatGPT: What’s the Big Deal? June 19, 2023 By Tony Caldwell Late last year, most Americans began to hear about a new application of artificial intelligence (AI) called ChatGPT. Soon, this...
The Talent Crunch Part 2: Rethinking Your Approach to Recruiting May 8, 2023 By Tony Caldwell From time to time, my doctor prescribes a treadmill test to check out how strong my heart is. Perhaps you’ve...
The Talent Crunch Is Poised to Get Much, Much Tougher: Here’s How to Win April 3, 2023 By Tony Caldwell I recently participated in a discussion on agency challenges for a major commercial property/casualty carrier. When asked about their challenges,...