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What’s next for the collector car market? Here are four key trends insurance agents need to know for 2020 and beyond.

How independent agents are protecting America’s farmland and the nation’s food supply.

How inadequate training, merger & acquisition slip-ups and faulty technology processes cost agencies.

When thoughts turn to spring and your clients take out the big boy and girl toys—motor homes, boats, jet skis, motorcycles, RVs, ATVs and golf carts—they need to make sure they have the proper insurance coverage.

The employment practices liability insurance industry has never sailed on smooth seas, and the near future of the market is no different.

“Ghosting” is a term that originated in the online dating world. It’s when a person stops returning calls, emails or text messages to avoid the awkwardness of saying “no,” or “I’m not interested.” Unfortunately, it has moved into the business world.

Kansas City’s largest credit union sought to provide its 240,000 members with what it calls “financial peace of mind,” from birth to retirement and beyond, which meant an insurance agency was in order.

In 1996, Amber Bosma wanted a job and Prins needed a processor. Over the years, she worked as commercial account executive, office manager, and accountant.

Independent agents should be thinking about how to provide more value to win a dwindling number of business clients—many of whom will be paying more and more for coverage.

In a challenging builders risk marketplace, “water damage is becoming a silent killer for a lot of carriers,” says independent agent Bret Lawrence. “We’re seeing water damage minimum deductibles increasing and many carriers sub-limiting the coverage.”