More than 1,000 agents and brokers got to hear a first-hand account of U.S. budget negotiations from someone who was there—Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio). Boehner was the keynote speaker at the 2011 Big “I” Legislative Conference & Convention
A thousand Big “I” independent insurance agents and brokers, representing 49 states, were in Washington, D.C., in April to lobby members of the House and Senate and their staffs on pressing issues that directly impact the independent agency system. Big “I
The “No Occurrence” CGL Claim Denial; Does the PAP Protect Against Shopping Carts?; I See Dead People…Are They Covered?
I shouldn’t have asked for a ride from my friend Bad Luck Betty, but with my car in the shop, I had to get to Costco somehow. Things just seem to happen to Betty—bad things. Not an hour went by without her breaking a nail, losing her keys or accidentally
By: Volume 108, No. 5
It’s not a silly question when the capability of a system’s automation today can mean the difference between an agency that profits and one that limps along. The more your system does and does automatically, the more everyone in your business can focus on
I’m the kind of guy who keeps his mouth shut. “Loose lips sink ships,” the saying goes, proven by the captain of the Titanic who heard about his wife’s adulterous ways moments before the iceberg struck. I prefer to keep personal details personal, which is
Last month, President Barack Obama signed H.R. 4, the “Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011,” into law. H.R. 4 repealed an onerous 1099 reporting requirement that was enacted as part of the heal
Business ethics is a tricky area because the point of business, to produce a profit, often conflicts with what might be termed ethical. Ethicists rarely have a strong grasp of business or life outside of idealized environments. Managers and executives rar
We all know the statistics. Every second a baby boomer turns 60. More than 60% of insurance professionals are over the age of 45, according to a survey by InVEST a few years ago. Clearly we have a lot of work to do in recruiting the next generation of ind