Try Oak Street Funding. They specialize in developing custom financing programs for Insurance Professionals and agencies. www.oakstreetfunding.com Personally, I found cheapest financing is borrowing from my personal savings or HELOC. Be sure to post as liability "notes payable" on your bal...

did you try Chubb or AIG Private Client Group?- they can likely customize the plan to solve this issue, but will need total account

There's an old saying that less = more. For example, say you want a $100,000 commission income book. Would you rather have 40 commercial clients paying you $2500 each (revenue per relationship) or 1000 personal lines clients paying you $100 each (revenue per relationship) that you have to service li...

what part of FL are you in?

Maybe you should read "Good to Great" by Collins, or "Blue Ocean Strategy" by Kim for ideas

Not much capacity on LI if you're looking for a competitive rate. Are they one / two family dwellings? Coastal will also be a huge factor, and very challenging if East of Riverhead.

We just moved our office to a new location Sept. 1st. Prior to the move, we signed on with ImageRight in March. There was a tremendous amount of files that needed to be backscanned, close to 5000 files. There are alot of cost in going paperless, but I picked up at least 20% efficiency and we're stil...

visit this site http://www.siaa4u.net/ Joining SIAA may be a great solution for you. They can provide you direct contracts with markets such as Travelers, Hartford, etc. Plus, you have the potential to share in supplemental commissions/contingencies. Good Luck

Iwrite a large volume of boats. When you say "insureds owned property over water" exactly what are you trying to cover? His personal property, or the boat while it is being transported overland?

You may also want to ask if coverage is provided for assault and battery.

The point is mute- it will never fly Scott. Your comments in your opening statement may have caused you more damage then benefit. WIth regards to the contractor, did you look at his loss runs. Perhaps the company increased a reserve, or perhaps he underestimated his payroll/sales, or they picked up ...

Scott- With all due respect take the commissions out of the equation and charge a flat fee is an unjustified and frankly not a well thought out comment. Nor would I say that the rest of your comments are even deserving of a reply. But I feel compelled to state my opinion to such naive statements. #1...