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'ONLY' AN INDEPENDENT AGENT: YOUR VALUE IN TODAY'S MARKET by Chris Burand With so many Web-based insurance sites and direct writers bypassing insurance agent...

Reduce Hard Market ‘Productivity Stress'

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REDUCE HARD MARKET lsquo;PRODUCTIVITY STRESS' by Chris Burand One great advantage of difficult situations is that if you...

Nascar: Success Creates Challenges

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NASCAR: SUCCESS CREATES CHALLENGES by Chris Burand Chris Burand compares agency management challenges with NASCARs: Learning to manage people and their emotions, while still succeeding...

Blunderers Bank Big Bucks, Too

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BLUNDERERS BANK BIG BUCKS, TOO by Chris Burand Whats this? Adopt 'Worst Practices' to increase earnings? Say it aint so! Yet this document by Chris Burand is full of exa...

Agency Management: The Great Compromise

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AGENCY MANAGEMENT: THE GREAT COMPROMISE by Chris Burand Chris Burand defines the great compromise as working smarter, rather than harder. Of course, 12 hours of working smarter is alwa...

When Big Really Is Better Than Huge

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WHEN BIG REALLY IS BETTER THAN HUGE by Chris Burand Companies today are pushing, requesting, cajoling, and demanding that their agents produce bigger and bigge...

Insurance Company Ratings

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INSURANCE COMPANY RATINGS by Chris Burand Do we place too much emphasis on a carriers rating while ignoring other factors and trends that might hold significant insight into a co...

INSURANCE COMPANIES: WILL THE REAL COMPETITORS PLEASE STAND UP? by Chris Burand Chris Burand tells why companies need to know their competition inside and outside their agency plant...

How Do Companies Set Their Rates?

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HOW DO COMPANIES SET THEIR RATES? by Chris Burand The market determines the price of gasoline, toys, and cars. The market, not actuaries, determines the price of insurance, too. Chris B...

Financial Ratings Don't Tell All

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FINANCIAL RATINGS DON'T TELL ALL by Chris Burand In the past year, it hasn't been unusual to see reports of companies that have had their debt ratings lowered, although their ...

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