The building’s previous owner may have not replaced the roof after a previous hail storm, and the carrier denied the current owner’s claim after a more recent hail storm because it’s classified as old damage.
“I almost left the industry out of frustration,” says young agent Jeb Blazevich. “I was fed up with our healthcare system and lack of transparency, but I started strategizing ways to simultaneously serve my clients’ budgets and the well-being of their emp
“My overall goal is to make our office so appealing to my daughter that when she comes of age, she isn’t running away from it the way I did,” says young agent Kristin Swanson Scott. “That means investing in as much technology as we possibly can to streaml
On this episode of Agency Nation Radio, David Watson, executive vice president at Mappus Insurance in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, shares his story of how he went from agency entrepreneur to InsurTech founder.
Supplementing a standard homeowners policy with a personal article floater or endorsement policy can provide essential coverage for clients.
“In the past few years, there have been a number of new high-rise condos that have been completed and more are on the way,” says independent agent Sharilyn Tanaka. “Ensuring that each unit owner has the appropriate insurance is our mission.”
Insurers are mandating their clients to disclose any dealings with FTX, and in response, limiting or even denying coverage to companies they deem too risky.
A carrier is saying an electric surfboard is a hovercraft, but the the agent argues that an electric surfboard would be a watercraft, less than 50 horsepower, and therefore would be covered under the homeowners liability.
“As I grew into the industry, I started to realize how the insurance industry is furthering societal good through the facilitation of risk,” says young agent Shawn Fitzgerald. “The indemnification of loss is a societal good, and that makes me feel good ab
“I think that it’s really important to find a mentor or role model no matter what role you have in this industry,” says young agent Krista Kautz. “Not only am I being mentored, I’m also mentoring.”