Restaurateurs face difficulties hiring and retaining staff, an ever-evolving landscape of changing technologies, economic and social inflation, and the recent Department of Labor (DOL) overtime rules changes.
The sandwich generation face the pressure of balancing care for aging parents and kids while grappling with the complexities of life insurance and long-term care.
“More education is needed to get younger people to incorporate life insurance into their retirement planning and overall investment strategy,” says independent agent Colleen Corrigan. “If they purchase life insurance under the age of 40, it’s fairly inexp
For independent insurance agents, capturing the underserved life insurance market of young consumers and keeping apprised of their needs can open up opportunities.
Underwriting losses of $17 billion last year drove 2024’s first half-increases, according to data analysis from Insurify, which predicts rates will increase a total of 22% by the end of the year.
Challenges such as driver shortages, distracted driving, social inflation and changing marijuana legalization continue to impact the commercial auto market.
As the journey toward autonomous trucks begins to unfold in earnest, technology is playing a significant role in improving industry safety.
As the market for real estate agents has continued to change, one of the results has been an increase in the frequency and severity of claims made against them.
As the business sector continues to develop with new technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), agents can add value to their client relationships via numerous paths.
“Inflation isn’t sparing the housing market, pushing up prices for homes and everything within them,” says independent agent Jake Sparrenberger. “Couple that with the rising frequency and severity of storms, and insurance companies find themselves footing