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Use these tips to work with insurance beginners.

When Brett Garry graduated college with a degree in finance, his dad told him to get some real-world experience before joining the family agency. Today, he’s grateful he spent four years as an underwriter, learning how to “speak the language” of the insur

Veneé Galloway traces her origins as an insurance agent back to a personal tragedy that showed her the value of life insurance: “That’s how I transitioned into insurance—screaming from the rooftops, ‘Do this for your family!'”

When a drone is used for business purposes rather than for recreation, it becomes subject to the small unmanned aircraft rule, also known as Part 107 of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Federal Aviation Regulations.

Sara Rutland and her husband have over 70 years of professional airman experience between them. The couple owns a flight school and even lives in a hangar house. Why not start an aviation insurance agency, too?

Provide a valuable service to your clients by reviewing their standard contracts and offering suggestions for modifying requirements that are likely to cause compliance issues.

When Anais Babajanian traded in her public accounting career to take over her mom’s Houston-based independent agency, it was “a complete 180,” she says. “Now, I’m adding value, and I’m in control of how successful I am.”

Nicole Carrigan didn’t plan on building a career in insurance, but working for a family-owned business in a small tourist town gives her the opportunity to “help those I know and care about,” she says. “I have heavy roots in my community.”

Over the past decade, the cost of medical equine insurance has doubled. IA spoke with two agents to get the scoop on how the equine insurance market has transformed in response to mounting major medical losses.

Until now, the only insurance option for a materials transparency consultant was a miscellaneous professional liability policy.