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... of articles, checklists, tip sheets, sales letters, and more! Communications Marketing Customer Service Planning Finance/Accounting Risk Management Human Resources Selling Legal and E&O Technology Life/Financial Services Glossaries Management Resources & Links Categories Popular Recent All Back Post-Deal Integration With Banks: Challenges And Opportunities 4/30/2013 10:46:13 PM by CompleteMarkets Editor , Robert Smith This content has not been rated yet. POST-DEAL INTEGRATION WITH BANKS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES by Robbie Smith The acquisition of independent insurance agencies by banks has ... not surprisingly, is significant impairment of the bank/agency relationship in regard to sharing information and referrals. In this situation, common ownership creates more of an impediment than an opportunity for sales. With proper management and realistic expectations, the blending of banks and insurance holds tremendous promise for expanding the scope of products and services available to clients as well as significant financial returns. Robbie Smith is a consultant with Reagan Consulting, Inc., advisors to the insurance and financial services industry. He can be reached at (404) ... Thanks Loading.. CompleteMarkets 1 2 3 4 5 Rating history (0 Reviews - 0 of 5.0) Shows who have rated the content, and the rating score. Write your review here. (Required) Please consider the following: 1. Would you recommend this company? 2. What about this company do you like/dislike? 3. Why did you choose this rating? Submit This Anonymously Submit Cancel Contact Us contact_phone Click to call Unfollow First name: Last name: Email: Are you sure you want to deactivate ...

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... industry is being affected profoundly, insurance and, more broadly, financial services are great examples. This is a time of both opportunity and peril. I'm convinced that insurance companies that don't reinvent themselves around the digital media will be gone in a decade. Look at banks. Walter Riston, the former chairman of Citibank, points out that 70% of financial assets in the world used to be owned by banks. Today it's 30 percent. So, who's going to deliver the financial services supermarket? Will it be a bank ... What's in it for Agents and Brokers?3/20/2018 12:00:00 AM by CompleteMarkets Editor , Caroline McDonald This content has not been rated yet. In the realm of technology, Don Tapscott, keynote speaker for ACORD Technology Conference 97, holds the crystal ball. His book, The Digital Economy, has influenced the direction of automation in the corporate world. Excerpts from an interview with Tapscott, published in In ACORD magazine, follow. Today we are witnessing the early, turbulent days of a revolution ... The Jordan Insurance Group 1 2 3 4 5 Rating history (0 Reviews - 0 of 5.0) Shows who have rated the content, and the rating score. Write your review here. (Required) Please consider the following: 1. Would you recommend this company? 2. What about this company do you like/dislike? 3. Why did you choose this rating? Submit This Anonymously Submit Cancel Contact Us contact_phone Click to call Unfollow First name: Last name: Email: Are you sure you want to deactivate ...

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Banks And Insurance: Doing It Right
BANKS AND INSURANCE: DOING IT RIGHT by John Graham When a bank buys an insurance agency it's a marria...insurance and financial products by a bank as valid if they feel that everyone...

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... prospects. Once he establishes contact, most prospects and customers he finds through the Internet are more than willing to talk about insurance face to face. Using the Internet allows Gordon to: Continuously increase new business writings Attract new multi-line clients Attract hard-to-reach clients Generate an outstanding bank of X-dates Build a sales bank six to 12 months ahead Reduce his agency expenses INTERNET CUSTOMERS The Internet has not only changed the way agencies and insurers do business, but presents them with a new kind of customer. Today's insurance customers are: Younger as a ... 100 days, with business use growing the fastest." An American International College survey of Forbes 500 CEOs found that "they fully expect 40% of their annual sales via the Internet within the next 10 years." Clearly this new way of marketing is taking hold. Service industries need to be prepared to work and serve in this environment-or else be left out in the cold. THE FUTURE What changes will the Internet bring for agencies? Notice the changing landscape in the other high-end sales industries: Real estate agents need a ... . The Harrison Group 1 2 3 4 5 Rating history (0 Reviews - 0 of 5.0) Shows who have rated the content, and the rating score. Write your review here. (Required) Please consider the following: 1. Would you recommend this company? 2. What about this company do you like/dislike? 3. Why did you choose this rating? Submit This Anonymously Submit Cancel Contact Us contact_phone Click to call Unfollow First name: Last name: Email: Are you sure you want to deactivate ...

... prospects. Once he establishes contact, most prospects and customers he finds through the Internet are more than willing to talk about insurance face to face. Using the Internet allows Gordon to: Continuously increase new business writings Attract new multi-line clients Attract hard-to-reach clients Generate an outstanding bank of X-dates Build a sales bank six to 12 months ahead Reduce his agency expenses INTERNET CUSTOMERS The Internet has not only changed the way agencies and insurers do business, but presents them with a new kind of customer. Today's insurance customers are: Younger as a ... 100 days, with business use growing the fastest." An American International College survey of Forbes 500 CEOs found that "they fully expect 40% of their annual sales via the Internet within the next 10 years." Clearly this new way of marketing is taking hold. Service industries need to be prepared to work and serve in this environment-or else be left out in the cold. THE FUTURE What changes will the Internet bring for agencies? Notice the changing landscape in the other high-end sales industries: Real estate agents need a ... . ASE Insurance Services 1 2 3 4 5 Rating history (0 Reviews - 0 of 5.0) Shows who have rated the content, and the rating score. Write your review here. (Required) Please consider the following: 1. Would you recommend this company? 2. What about this company do you like/dislike? 3. Why did you choose this rating? Submit This Anonymously Submit Cancel Contact Us contact_phone Click to call Unfollow First name: Last name: Email: Are you sure you want to deactivate ...

... prospects. Once he establishes contact, most prospects and customers he finds through the Internet are more than willing to talk about insurance face to face. Using the Internet allows Gordon to: Continuously increase new business writings Attract new multi-line clients Attract hard-to-reach clients Generate an outstanding bank of X-dates Build a sales bank six to 12 months ahead Reduce his agency expenses INTERNET CUSTOMERS The Internet has not only changed the way agencies and insurers do business, but presents them with a new kind of customer. Today's insurance customers are: Younger as a ... 100 days, with business use growing the fastest." An American International College survey of Forbes 500 CEOs found that "they fully expect 40% of their annual sales via the Internet within the next 10 years." Clearly this new way of marketing is taking hold. Service industries need to be prepared to work and serve in this environment-or else be left out in the cold. THE FUTURE What changes will the Internet bring for agencies? Notice the changing landscape in the other high-end sales industries: Real estate agents need a ... The Jordan Insurance Group 1 2 3 4 5 Rating history (0 Reviews - 0 of 5.0) Shows who have rated the content, and the rating score. Write your review here. (Required) Please consider the following: 1. Would you recommend this company? 2. What about this company do you like/dislike? 3. Why did you choose this rating? Submit This Anonymously Submit Cancel Contact Us contact_phone Click to call Unfollow First name: Last name: Email: Are you sure you want to deactivate ...