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Community Bank Insurance Sales: The Outlook
Are community banks being left behind as the bank...ns, and opportunities of each bank. Community banks are growing restless and increasin...
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...ess should consider working with community banks, for several reasons.
Community banks have a clear advantage over t...up to the agencies that work with the banks, and the insurance companies that ...
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... project improvements in the operating margins, most banks have been unable to achieve these results. Be realistic-even under bank ownership, certain lines of insurance will remain low-margin business until pricing improves or agencies find more efficient ways to service clients. Banks have sometimes partnered with the wrong agency. Agencies have varying levels of ability in different product lines and demographic segments of the marketplace. A bank in a retirement community with a large concentration of elderly customers may find that a large Casualty-oriented agency is a poor partner. If the bank has a large number of relatively small Commercial customers, evaluate the abilities of the agency to service these accounts. Make sure that the carriers represented by the agency and the abilities of its staff maximize the bank's potential return. Finally, and perhaps most important, a dime's worth ... Newsletters Employees Articles Blog Photos Group Connections Reviews IMMS Library Immerse yourself in our stacks. Take some time and browse through our library. We have thousands 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 Bank Lessons From Joint Ventures And Agency Acquisitions 4/30/2013 10:46:13 PM by CompleteMarkets Editor , Robert Smith This content has not been rated yet. BANK LESSONS FROM JOINT VENTURES AND AGENCY ACQUISITIONS by Robert Smith The trade press has been filled over the course of the past two years with announcements of banks entering the agency business. Passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the move ...
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...ncy has been in existence in our community for at last 40 years. It's owned by...s the kind of track record that other banks will look favorably on. I believe...
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... because someone starts providing them leads. The buyer needs a more comprehensive plan to remedy the situation. Peer review is also important because many agency owners don't realize just how poorly their agency is performing. If the buyer depends on the seller's perspective or their conversations with the producers, they'll never realize the problems they're buying. This is especially true of many small agencies, which are favorite targets of community banks. COMPETITION A buyer should also assess the acquisition target's competition. This involves determining what other banks and agencies are doing currently — and what their response to the acquisition might be. For example, The Economist article pointed out that every time Bank of America would make an acquisition, a particular competitor would open a nearby branch to capture all of the newly acquired firm's disaffected customers! They ... Newsletters Employees Articles Blog Photos Group Connections Reviews IMMS Library Immerse yourself in our stacks. Take some time and browse through our library. We have thousands 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 Banks And P/C Insurance Agencies Reality Check — Part I: Do Your Due Diligence 4/30/2013 12:00:00 AM by CompleteMarkets Editor , Chris Burand This content has not been rated yet. Do bank stockholders benefit from acquisitions of P/C agencies? The answer? Yes, if there's appropriate due diligence, perfect implementation, and the price meets realistic expectations. ...
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...ons were reasonable.
Story #2. A community bank of long standing in a small to...ents an arbitrage opportunity because banks’ P/E ratios are higher than agenci...
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...ketplace. A bank in a retirement community with a large concentration of elder... foreseeable future. However, not all banks will elect to pursue insurance dis...
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Producer Groups: Are They Right For Banks?
PRODUCER GROUPS: ARE THEY RIGHT FOR BANKS? by Valerie Jordan Are producer groups an effective way for banks to build their insurance sales? Altho...erienced member firms/agents. Just as banks and insurance companies are formin...
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...maybe do business with. Focus on community banks with several branc...sion (SEC). Although small banks might not have to file with the SE...
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...s, which are favorite targets of community banks.
COMPETITION
A buyer should also asse...gencies (especially those acquired by banks) are easy pickings. As one agency ...