When Selling Your Agency Does NOT Make Sense October 24, 2016 By Catherine Oak and Rachel Schoeffler The process of selling a business involves an amalgamation of financial, personal and external factors. Sellers should work with their...
Why Agency Owners Must Drive Producer Growth October 24, 2016 By Randy Schwantz An agency owner in Alabama wrote me, “How come my producers don’t invest their own money to improve themselves?” He...
Dangers in Data Collection: How Much Is Too Much? October 24, 2016 By Elizabeth Blosfield How to Help Insureds Manage Customer Privacy Risk Insurance carriers and agents have come to learn that increased data can...
Workers’ Comp Benefits for Injured Workers Reach Historic Lows: Report October 24, 2016 Workers’ compensation benefits as a share of payroll have reached historically low levels, according to a new study. Despite growth...
Is Training the Key to Unlocking Analytics Talent? October 24, 2016 By Jennifer Shorr Analytics and big data are here to stay. Already creating monumental shifts in the business world, today’s analytical advancements are...
Graduated Licensing Laws October 24, 2016 By Andrea Wells While states have made progress in reducing teen driver-involved traffic crashes and deaths over the past decade, teen drivers are...
The Insurance Industry of Tomorrow October 24, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson There was a great turnout for the future of the insurance industry early this month in Las Vegas. The occasion...
Declarations October 24, 2016 Cyber Disaster Management “You need to think of [cybersecurity] like disaster management – similar to your plan for an event...
Q2 Report: P/C Insurers’ Direct Premium Written Up 3.6 Percent October 24, 2016 By Douglas A. Powell Direct premium written (DPW) for property/casualty insurance companies continues to increase, albeit gradually. At year-end 2015, approximately $585 billion DPW...
Insurance Agent, Industry Leader Bolton Remembered as Friend and Mentor October 24, 2016 William Bolton, head of a large national brokerage, leader of a regional brokers group and chairman of Assurex Global, died...