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Heavy catastrophe seasons in recent years have hit the high net-worth personal lines market particularly hard. Here’s what you need to know to deliver the right insurance solutions to your affluent clients.

Dealing with high net-worth clients is not the same as dealing with your other clients.

In December 2017, the value of bitcoin hit an all-time high of $20,000, making it the type of commodity owners need insured. But just a few months later, Tokyo-based exchange Coincheck reported a loss of around $534 million worth of coins to hackers.

If all you do is chase short-term deals and low-hanging fruit, you run the risk of filling your pipeline with too many unprofitable deals at heavy discounts. On the flipside, if all you do is chase the big deals that take a long time to close, you’ll go h

Fact: You’re not likely to get an immediate dollar-for-dollar return on human-centered leadership development.

There’s no clear-cut answer to remote work. Some employees love it; others don’t. Some companies are ready for it; others aren’t. What’s not so debatable is that your agency needs to consider it.

In 2017, when Charles McCollum took over Manry & Heston with partners David Cherry and Charlie Fister, he remembered a quote from University of Georgia football coach Kirby Smart. “He said, ‘I want to make the University of Georgia football team significa

Warren Buffet says, “Price is what you pay, value is what you get”—and according to independent agent Christopher Cay, nowhere is that adage more pertinent than high net-worth personal lines.

As competition heats up in the builders risk insurance market, keep an eye on broader coverage forms, the Internet of Things and predictive analytics.

As a result of increasingly popular design-build scenarios, the efforts of general contractors have intertwined with design professionals, which can lead to extremely complex, costly and timely liability issues.