How to Turn Your Company Culture into a Talent Magnet
Culture, more than anything else, is what attracts people to a company – and what keeps them there. It’s also what makes them leave.
Culture, more than anything else, is what attracts people to a company – and what keeps them there. It’s also what makes them leave.
The toolkit includes solutions and advice for client communication about rising premiums, renewals and other hard market challenges.
The checklist helps obtain relevant client exposures, streamline processes and more.
Coverage declination forms signed by clients are crucial tools when defending a “failure to offer” claim.
Competition for top talent is tougher than ever before. Here's how to hire quickly.
How to find insights and opportunities for improvement in your financial statements.
CareerPlug breaks down some of the most common struggles for employers when it comes to hiring and learn what you can do to combat those challenges.
The number of policies per customer can be used as a predictive indicator of the ongoing retention rate that can be expected in an agency.
There are several things that independent insurance agencies can do to minimize the impact of a hard market on their agency.
With a little time and consistency, a budget can be one of the most powerful tools you’ll ever have inside your agency.
CareerPlug CEO Clint Smith shares 10 employee retention strategies that work.
CareerPlug CEO Clint Smith shares 10 employee retention strategies that work.
The biggest factors in determining an agency’s value are growth, retention, profitability, overall volume, culture, and the risk inside that agency. The adoption of technology and data significantly impacts all of these areas.
The newly released study is hailed as the most comprehensive look at the independent agency system.
The requirements for agents & brokers must be adopted by October 1, 2022.
During unpredictable times, agency owners who are investing in their agencies are going to be very well positioned for whatever the future holds.
Disclaimers reduce the risk of liability when an issue occurs and establish realistic expectations with your customers.
The best way to build strong customer relationships is to have quality people representing your brand, serving your customers, and shaping the culture of your agency.
The unintended consequences of keeping your agency's plans for the future a secret with staff.
Ask yourself these important questions when you think you're ready to buy an agency.
Knowing when and if to sell is a difficult decision. Here are some indicators that it might be time.
You're a hungry, smart, energetic leader who sees the incredible opportunity that exists in the insurance industry. What are you doing to build your pathway to ownership?
It’s a new year. Time to get your annual checkup, refresh goals and get to work.
Thomas Wetzel has addressed cyber security issues with hundreds of agents over the years, but some myths stubbornly persist.
You don’t necessarily need to embrace every emerging solution that arrives, but a lack of digitalization can hold you back.
Cyber attacks targeting small businesses are becoming more frequent and complex. Take these steps to secure company data.
Five occasions for which you should consider sending cards to your clients and why you should do it.
Hackers are focused on targeting industry systems to access valuable data.
The Big “I" Agents Council for Technology has released the Agency Cyber-Readiness Self-Assessment, now available online as a supplement to the Agency Cyber Guide 3.0.
The key is to speed up the payment process and minimize the chance of non-payment.
To have a strong plan for your agency, you need a written document that addresses what will happen to the ownership of your agency if the you are no longer able or willing to run the agency.
IIAT's Agency Finance and Valuation Consultant Carey Wallace provides agency owners with practical examples of how knowing your value can lead to opportunities for growth, increased profitability, and an increase in your agency’s overall value.
Independent agents are a prime and focused target of cyber criminals. Over 12% of all breaches are now within the financial sector, and this focus is only growing.
Ownership of expirations, including related records and data, is perhaps the most critical issue for independent agents to consider in their company appointment contracts.
Barring an unforeseen event as disruptive as COVID-19 was this past spring, and being optimistic that a winter wave of the pandemic is contained, 2021 looks to be a hopeful year for independent insurance agencies.