williamjones

The world has changed and the special events industry must change with it. Here are four strategies agents can use to help get their clients back to work while managing risk.

It’s easy to think that in order to compete with large companies, independent agents must also increase their marketing budget. Here’s why spending more or marketing isn’t the solution.

Annie Hanna Engel. president and chief operating officer of Howard Hanna Insurance Services Inc.—the largest real estate company-owned insurance provider in the country—is pairing an independent agent with every real estate transaction.

By: Volume: 118, Issue: 8

A roofing company’s employee damaged customers’ roofs intentionally. The company’s carrier denied coverage because the occurence wasn’t an accident.

With nearly 6 in 10 nonprofits negatively impacted by COVID-19, independent agents have the opportunity to counsel their nonprofit clients on the issues they face.

“I believe Gen Z will be far more efficient and further the perception of the industry as a whole,” says Kari Sandifer, independent agent. “They’re the tech-savvy professionals who can deliver solutions quickly and will definitely make their mark on the i

“One of the pros of having different generations in the workplace is experience,” says Raymond Lowder, independent agent. “What the older generations have gone through is nothing you can replace.”

“Most recently, the biggest change has been the increase in building material costs,” says independent agent Gus Brabham on builders risk. “Making sure that the policies that are put into place consider the higher cost to rebuild as the project moves alon

The launch of Westfield Specialty will create opportunities to grow profitably, attract new customers and strengthen relationships with existing customers.