IA Magazine
The agency sent the return premium check to the first named insured, but was informed the entity is dissolved and was requested to send the check to an individual.
Posted: Aug 31, 2023
Symington heads the association after serving as its executive vice president.
Posted: Aug 31, 2023
The severe flooding in the Southeast U.S. brought by Hurricane Idalia highlights the importance of flood insurance.
Posted: Aug 30, 2023
Here are five questions to help agencies generate referrals and achieve organic growth through a consistent pipeline of new prospects.
Posted: Aug 30, 2023
Rod Hughes is president and principal of Kimball Hughes Public Relations and has consulted with Fortune 500 corporations, startups and nonprofits alike.
Posted: Aug 30, 2023
Rod Hughes is president and principal of Kimball Hughes Public Relations and has consulted with Fortune 500 corporations, startups and nonprofits alike.
Posted: Aug 30, 2023
Learn the common mistakes of a newly licensed agents that can trigger an E&O claim and result in a catastrophic financial loss for the agent or the agency.
Posted: Aug 29, 2023
The product provides protection for medical professional liability exposures arising out of a wide range of health-care related businesses.
Posted: Aug 27, 2023
In the first of a three-part series, The National Council on Compensation Insurance explored several carrier perspectives on the latest trends in safety technology in the workplace.
Posted: Aug 27, 2023
After more than a decade of soft reinsurance rates, conditions changed considerably with reinsurance rates increasing for catastrophe-prone property and specialty lines of business.
Posted: Aug 27, 2023
Discover how selling pet insurance can give your agency a steady source of new leads and cross-selling opportunities.
Posted: Aug 27, 2023
A commercial insured that rents a building has a sales installment to buy the building from the landlord. The landlord maintains the title of the building and carries building insurance, with no coverage for the tenant.
Posted: Aug 24, 2023
Here are five benefits of using Google Ads for small independent agencies.
Posted: Aug 22, 2023
With its ability to pinpoint opportunities for improvement, the net promoter score, a critical metric in customer experience programs, has been a leading tool for bettering customer interactions.
Posted: Aug 22, 2023
After the immediate devastation of a wildfire, pollutants and smoke can spread and continue to present dangers far beyond the more focused destruction of a blaze. Agents can help commercial clients identify a mitigation plan.
Posted: Aug 20, 2023
After the immediate devastation of a wildfire, pollutants and smoke can spread and continue to present dangers far beyond the more focused destruction of a blaze. Agents can help commercial clients identify a mitigation plan.
Posted: Aug 20, 2023
More than 90 million families in the U.S. have a dog or cat. Yet only about 2% of pets are covered by insurance. See our tips for selling these valuable policies.
Posted: Aug 20, 2023
As many admitted carriers exit markets, limit coverage or increase rates, the E&S market is playing an increasingly important role in supporting clients and agents when finding coverage.
Posted: Aug 20, 2023
"If you educate clients and help them understand the coverages that are needed—and not at just the minimum limits—they see the bigger picture," says independent agent Stephanie Ehman. "The gratefulness that they feel and express when you insure them...
Posted: Aug 20, 2023
An insured owns a vehicle that is registered in Florida but permanently garaged at his second home in Wisconsin, and does not want to retitle the vehicle in Wisconsin.
Posted: Aug 17, 2023
The projection provides little solace after underwriting results deteriorated across the board for big personal lines carriers in the first half of 2023, prompting more carrier pullbacks.
Posted: Aug 16, 2023
With the consumer price index for auto insurance rising 17%, shopping rates were driven by consumers searching for lower premiums, as well as an increase in new car sales.
Posted: Aug 16, 2023
In 2021, independent insurance agencies that were low and medium digital adopters grew their revenue an average of 10% year over year, but high digital adopters grew 17% year over year—a 70% higher growth rate than other agencies.
Posted: Aug 15, 2023
NOAA forecasters are predicting 21 named storms, of which up to 11 could become hurricanes.
Posted: Aug 15, 2023
Find out how selling pet insurance can grow your book, increase retention, boost cross-selling and more.
Posted: Aug 13, 2023