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Another successful Big “I” national conference is in the books. For the first time, the Big “I” combined its annual National Legislative Conference and Convention into one week, and it was a hit…

With Mother’s Day around the corner, I walked into the Harley-Davidson shop for a gift. Yes, mom still rode her hog every weekend, and she liked to wear pink leather when she did. I was surprised to find an entire section of pink leather goods in the b

By: Volume 103, No. 4

End the tension—and jump-start synergy—in the producer-support staff dynamic.

I was at my neighborhood Easter egg hunt on an uncommonly hot spring day. I liked watching the kids snoop around the trees and bushes, especially when their eyes filled with bloodthirsty greed as they knocked down 4 year olds just to grab plastic yellow e

What is the best way to insure two or more entities or locations under common ownership? Is it better to put them all under one, theoretically, more manageable CGL policy, or should each have its own policy? One advantage of a single policy is easier m

This month, more than 1,500 independent agents and brokers will attend the first-ever combined Big “I” National Legislative Conference & Convention, taking place in Washington, D.C. Here, as in years past, Big “I” members will have the opportunity to hear

You would think after the record number of hurricanes in the last several years (Wilma, Rita, Jeanne, Ivan)—along with the biggest natural disaster in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina—that our industry and the federal government would hastily move to imple

Slow, slow, slow. That’s the pace that most agencies are forced to follow when quoting personal lines or small commercial lines using the carrier Web sites. The sites themselves are not slow. As a matter of fact, the speed of getting a quote from provider

By: Volume 103, No. 3