The agency-carrier contract should set forth the rights, responsibilities and obligations of the respective parties with regard to all material aspects of the relationship. Here are nine things to consider.
Scott Insurance has been a Best Practices agency for the entire 30 years that the Best Practices Study has existed. Keith Mann uses the studies to chart the agency’s progress and guide operations and sales decisions.
Fortunately for insurance professionals, the opportunity to start and grow a successful independent insurance agency has never been more obtainable.
Input 1 provides digital billing and payment solutions to insurance carriers, managing general agents (MGAs), banks, agencies and premium finance companies.
The use of certain words or phrases can suggest an insurance professional is acting as a risk advisor or fiduciary as opposed to the typical arm’s-length business relationship.
If you’re a sports fan, you’ve seen this scenario: A superstar player is brought into a sports franchise and expectations soar about the possibility of winning a championship. But in the end, the move turns out to be a bust. Why is that so often the case?
The Technology Summary reveals a number of key insights into the use and adoption of technology by independent agency members.
On this episode of Agency Nation Radio, Jessica Mulder, operations manager of Perspective Insurance in Sioux Center, Iowa, reflects on how she played a role in the purchase of three agencies in one year.
There are myriad of issues that can lead to a claim against accountants and E&O coverage provides the necessary protection.
The coronavirus pandemic played a dramatic role in the acceleration of technology in companies, leading underwriters to scrutinize businesses’ exposures and the safeguards they have in place.