Brick by Brick: Replacement Cost, Commercial Property and the Hard Market | | https://www.iamagazine.com/magazine/issues/2023/august/brick-by-brick-replacement-cost-commercial-property-and-the-hard-market | Brick by Brick: Replacement Cost, Commercial Property and the Hard Market | The hard market, inflation and a host of other factors are making it increasingly difficult to accurately determine replacement cost for commercial property insurance. | 8/1/2023 4:35:00 AM | Commercial Lines | | August | Will Jones | | |
4 Ways the Cost of Doing 'Business As Usual' Could Be Hurting Your Agency | | https://www.iamagazine.com/magazine/issues/2023/august/4-ways-the-cost-of-doing-business-as-usual-could-be-hurting-your-agency | 4 Ways the Cost of Doing 'Business As Usual' Could Be Hurting Your Agency | People often think change is expensive. But what about the cost of staying the same? When your business doesn't invest in process improvements, including modern technology and automation, you run the risk of paying the price in the long run. | 8/1/2023 4:30:00 AM | Commercial Lines | | August | Ellen Lichtenstein & Regina Stephenson | | |
How Digitalization Is Transforming Small Commercial Insurance | | https://www.iamagazine.com/magazine/issues/2023/august/how-digitalization-is-transforming-small-commercial-insurance | How Digitalization Is Transforming Small Commercial Insurance | As carriers, InsurTechs and agencies drive more digitalization across the policy lifecycle, small commercial insurance is starting to look and feel more like personal lines. | 8/1/2023 4:25:00 AM | Commercial Lines | Technology | August | Haley Meisner | | |
How Do Packaged or Bundled Home and Auto Policies Compare With Monoline Policies? | | https://www.iamagazine.com/magazine/issues/2023/august/how-do-packaged-or-bundled-home-and-auto-policies-compare-with-monoline-policies | How Do Packaged or Bundled Home and Auto Policies Compare With Monoline Policies? | Most insurance carriers offer to bundle two policies, but others offer true package policies. Although bundled and package policies seem similar on the surface, they are different. | 8/1/2023 4:20:00 AM | Personal Lines | | August | Steve Butler | | |
Finance Dance: The Quiet Movement Toward Transforming the Finance Team | | https://www.iamagazine.com/magazine/issues/2023/august/finance-dance-the-quiet-movement-toward-transforming-the-finance-team | Finance Dance: The Quiet Movement Toward Transforming the Finance Team | For all the effort poured into growing a book of business and servicing accounts, surprisingly little time goes toward ensuring commission from those policies hits the general ledger. | 8/1/2023 4:15:00 AM | Agency Operations & Best Practices | | August | Jordan Katz | | |
How Embedded Insurance Can Create a Seamless Customer Journey | | https://www.iamagazine.com/magazine/issues/2023/august/how-embedded-insurance-can-create-a-seamless-customer-journey | How Embedded Insurance Can Create a Seamless Customer Journey | People will choose the easy, straightforward process over the complicated and frustrating one every day of the week, so you need to provide a seamless customer journey. That's why it's time to invest in embedded insurance. | 8/1/2023 4:10:00 AM | Technology | | August | Raghav Tanna | | |
Declaration of Independents: Jason Rodriguez | | https://www.iamagazine.com/magazine/issues/2023/august/declaration-of-independents-jason-rodriguez | Declaration of Independents: Jason Rodriguez | Rodriguez' agency offers franchising opportunities to aspiring business owners with the entrepreneurial spirit. He also serves on the board of the Delaware Association of Insurance Agents & Brokers. | 8/1/2023 4:05:00 AM | Agency Operations & Best Practices | | August | AnneMarie McPherson Spears | | |