There are several you may look at, Scottsdale through an E&S Broker; Costanza (http://www.costanza insurance.com); Brownyard Programs (http://www.Brownyardprograms.com); The Mechanic Group (http://www.mechanicgroup.com) Philadelphia Ins Co. (http://www.phlyins.com) Izzo Insurance Services (http:...

CNA still has CAM construction programs and they are writing business east of the Mississippi. They however tend to pick and choose what accounts they want to write, mostly larger premium size accounts and with good risk management and loss experience. They have a good idea of exactly what they want...

Try these folks, they have done a great job for us;

Bruce Birkenfeld
Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corp.
BBirkenfeld@IPISC.com
(502) 491-1144
http://www.IPISC.com

Gallagher got nailed in a recent lawsuit about creating certs for a program when the carrier said they did not have the authority. I bleieve they are on appeal. Check out the article on the Big I website about certs or go to the RIMS site and buy their cert book (I think it is 20 bucks) it will open...

Let's see if this is as easy as it sounds. A TX agent writing a NV based risk, the key here is what a court of law would say about which state law would apply. NV has very specific rules and regs concerning commissions and fees while TX does not have much on this issue. The 2nd item would be are you...

Try the following link, there is a large list of potential insurers.

http://www.roadsters.com/insurance/#race

plus the following brokers may be able to help you:

American Collectors Insurance
J C Taylor Ins Agencies
Cental Insurex Agency
Burns & Wilcox


Good Luck.

When working with new producers we have always tried to have them focus in a certain number of product areas and/or industries to start with. Use their previously knowledge to start with and expand from there. Depending upon the producer, the number will vary but the key is not to try and do too muc...

We have used them on several risks and they have always conducted themselves well, good service and quick response. Can't ask for much more.

My suggetion is go to this website:
http://www.ultimateinsurancelinks.com/
Search on vendors, there you will find just about every company that has a software system available for agencies.
It is one of the best search sites for insurance stuff that I have used.
Good luck,

We use Silver Plume, (on line) have all of the states available. Great product and very easy to find any PC for any city in any state. Worth every penney.

I do not know of any one website that has all of this kind of data in one place and in one document. The closest that I have seen is CIAB. We are a member of the CIAB (Council of Ins. Agents & Brokers) and they have a very nice quality service for this kind of stuff (they charge you for it, of c...

We do a lot of this but we are not experts. This can become a trap for any agent but here is what we believe after our due diligence. The following states do not allow you to take both a fee and commissions: Alaska; Colorado; Florida; Indiana; Mass.; Nevada; No Carolina; No Dakota; Oregon; Rhode Isl...

Hey Stephen, just curious, did you ever pick an agency management system?? If so, would you mind sharing what made you pick one system over another?
Thanks.

The whole issue of contingency commissions is an issue that could take months to explain and then you may not get it all. The main issues to keep in mind are the carriers control the contacts which are basically unilateral contracts. You will not find any two companies with the same set of tables, %...

We have been on Nexsure for the past 2 plus years. The system is cutting edge and is improving every week. The things that we like about the system are system wide changes can be done in a very short time span; the customer service from Nexsure is very good and helpful; the system is internet based ...