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Brand Yourself a Speaker

Wish you could be one of those speakers who people talk about long after the program is over? While people won’t remember everything that you say in a program, they will remember who you were while you presented.

May 2012

By: Volume 109, No. 5

A Full Plate

In recent health insurance renewal cycles, agents have had a full plate of challenges. Independent insurance agents may have felt like they are battling Goliath during the past two renewals, between reduced commissions and lower revenues.

The Case of the Motorcycle Madness

Ace meets an insurance agent at a help group for people with trust issues. Ace is there to cope with his own matter (he still believes in a certain holiday gift-giver), but he helps the agent come to terms with a bad assumption that led him to insure a mo

Time to Reinvent Your Branding

Call it what you want, but few pop stars and fewer businesses have understood the intricacies of Madonna’s genius of reinvention and the inevitable end of the business cycle. Learn from the branding expert. While Madonna soars, everyone else seems to stum

Filtering the Truth

Spring is a perfect time to reflect. Cleaning out your house helps to get rid of the old while also looking to the future. We do the same thing in our professional lives. As independent insurance agents, we wonder what our Big “I” membership will look lik

Supreme Court Deliberates on Health Care Law

As early as next month, the U.S. Supreme Court may announce its decision regarding several challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Timed just as the presidential election campaign season heats up, it may cause a bigger splash

Pools and Contents Coverage

Swimming Pools and the Homeowners Policy; Swimming Pools and the CGL Policy; When Residents Have No Contents Coverage (and Worse)

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