As a consumer of insurance, I am tired of hearing about how every carrier can save you hundreds of dollars on your insurance. If this is true, if you switch often enough, insurance should theoretically be free… shouldn’t it? There is no perception of value when all that is communicated is the price! Consumers may … Read more
Ben Baker February 15th 2019 Insurance, like every other industry, is racing to make sure it is technologically “superior.” Apps are created, dashboards, developed, AI integrated into business processes and machine learning utilized, attempting to better understand the business as it is today and how it will change over the next decade. HOWEVER, are … Read more
Coming off the amazing Insurance Nerds Day at the Gamma Iota Sigma conference last month, I thought I’d write a recap of one of the presentations that I put on for that group. It was interesting to present this to a group that only had a few agents in the audience, but I was glad to … Read more
How to Suggest Increasing Coverage and Other Lines When Rates are Rising By: Kelly Donahue-Piro President: Agency Performance Partners Co-Founder: Agency Appeal Show of hands, who gets nervous recommending increased coverage and other lines of business when someone has experienced a rate increase? OK, it’s kinda awkward because you are probably in your office or … Read more
Personal lines insurance carriers have a problem, a problem of their own making, and it’s getting worse. The problem I’m talking about is the ‘ups’ (which are great for mountains, but bad for the carriers). The ups usually start at the first renewal and then keep cranking away for the next 5 – 7 years. … Read more