WHY GOOD CSRS LEAVE AND HOW TO RETAIN THEM by Jack Fries Offer this career path to keep quality CSRs from moving on. When I ask agency owners and managers to name t...

WHY GOOD EMPLOYEES LEAVE: COMMONSENSE WAYS TO BUILD EMPLOYEE LOYALTY by Emily Huling A good worker can be hard to find and once you find them, even harder to retain. Emily Hul...

WHY PROCEDURES? by Grace Bauer I often hear, 'Why does our agency need procedures? We've been in business this long without them.' If you can answer 'yes' to any of the followin...

WHY SHOULD I PAY A CONSULTANT WHEN BUYING OR SELLING AN AGENCY? by Roger Thomas I often hear it said by agents that a consultant 'costs too much,' particularly when someone is anti...

WHY WORRY ABOUT RETIREMENT? by Chris Burand My experience in working with insurance agency owners is that most have a difficult time planning their retir...

Insurance agents and brokers have good reason to feel slighted. Like being stuck outside the New Year's party without an invitation, agents have had many reasons for envy as investors in other sectors congratulated themselves for another incredible year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased by a whopping 68% from 1996 to 1998, which was its strongest two-year performance since 1955. Even the insurance companies got invited to the party, with property and casualty insurers enjoying a 64% increase in value during the past two years.

WILL YOU BE READY WHEN A CRISIS COMES? by Janine Reid Is your company vulnerable to a crisis? Most of us would respond by saying, 'It won't happen on my watch!' Realistic...

According to popular mythology, most Americans would rather die than give a speech. Whatever the actual statistics, the idea of standing in front of an audience is avoided at all cost.
Since the fear of speaking in public is so deep, most of us should be understanding of those who put themselves to the test and make presentations. Actually, just the opposite prevails: While we'll do just about anything to avoid a podium, we're more than willing to criticize those who don't.

We aren't born to withhold; we had to learn this behavior. And if we learned it, we can unlearn it. Mitch Axelrod teaches you how to become more aware, more conscious of how, what, and from whom you withhold.

WORKFLOW COMPLIANCE by Laura Nettles Workflow is certainly the buzzword these days. Everyone's looking to streamline ...