30 Years of Best Practices: Meet 6 Top-Performing Agencies | | https://www.iamagazine.com/magazine/issues/2023/march/30-years-of-best-practices-meet-6-top-performing-agencies | 30 Years of Best Practices: Meet 6 Top-Performing Agencies | As the Best Practices Study hits the 30-year milestone, meet the top-performing agencies in each of the six revenue categories from the current study, and find out how they used the program to go from good to better to the best. | 3/1/2023 5:35:00 AM | Agency Operations & Best Practices | | March | Will Jones | | |
9 Considerations for Agency-Company Appointment Contracts | | https://www.iamagazine.com/magazine/issues/2023/march/9-considerations-for-agency-company-appointment-contracts | 9 Considerations for Agency-Company Appointment Contracts | The agency-carrier contract should set forth the rights, responsibilities and obligations of the respective parties with regard to all material aspects of the relationship. Here are nine things to consider. | 3/1/2023 5:30:00 AM | Agency Operations & Best Practices | | March | Scott Kneeland and Eric Lipton | | |
Terrible Twenties: The E&O Lessons Learned From 2022 | | https://www.iamagazine.com/magazine/issues/2023/march/terrible-twenties-the-e-o-lessons-learned-from-2022 | Terrible Twenties: The E&O Lessons Learned From 2022 | It's no surprise that auto policies generated the most errors & omissions claims in 2022, fully rebounding from the 2020 trough caused by a reduction in miles driven and replaced policies. | 3/1/2023 5:25:00 AM | | E&O Loss Control | March | Matthew Davis | | |
The Forecast for Solar Panels and Homeowners Insurance | | https://www.iamagazine.com/magazine/issues/2023/march/the-forecast-for-solar-panels-and-homeowners-insurance | The Forecast for Solar Panels and Homeowners Insurance | More and more homeowners may be considering making the change to powering their homes with solar panels. But what does that mean for homeowners insurance? | 3/1/2023 5:20:00 AM | Homeowners | | March | AnneMarie McPherson Spears | | |
3 Ways to Double-Down on the Human Touch | | https://www.iamagazine.com/magazine/issues/2023/march/3-ways-to-double-down-on-the-human-touch | 3 Ways to Double-Down on the Human Touch | The way to win in today's increasingly automated, impersonal world is to do the opposite of what everyone else is doing—go human to human. | 3/1/2023 5:15:00 AM | Sales & Marketing | | March | Elyse Archer | | |
How Independent Agents Are Taming InsurTech | | https://www.iamagazine.com/magazine/issues/2023/march/how-independent-agents-are-taming-insurtech | How Independent Agents Are Taming InsurTech | Not only are InsurTechs dying to work with the independent insurance agency distribution channel, agents, spurred on by growing technology adoption, are taking the bull by the horns. | 3/1/2023 5:10:00 AM | Technology | | March | Will Jones | | |
Declaration of Independents: Keith Mann | | https://www.iamagazine.com/magazine/issues/2023/march/declaration-of-independents-keith-mann | Declaration of Independents: Keith Mann | Scott Insurance has been a Best Practices agency for the entire 30 years that the Best Practices Study has existed. Keith Mann uses the studies to chart the agency's progress and guide operations and sales decisions. | 3/1/2023 5:05:00 AM | Agency Operations & Best Practices | | March | Will Jones | | |