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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 i...
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... and their insurers, the claims community must also shoulder its responsibili...uire of both you and the adjusting community. Last, but far from least, foll...
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...of emergency response teams COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS (CERT) ...rty damage. I recently completed a Community Emergency Response Team training...
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...for input is an associate in the community who’s active in sales or sale...merce or otherwise involved in the community? Are you talking to leading comm...
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A community bank committed its entire marketing...
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...acted some new buyers, primarily community and national banks. This opportunit...ically strong relationship with the community and insureds. State and federal ...
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... /Casualty products. If you've decided to join forces with a financial institution in this growing and challenging marketplace, you'll need to do your due diligence homework' to garner vital information that's readily available in the public domain. Here's how: Home in on likely prospects. Create a list of folks that you think you'd like to get to know better; and maybe do business with. Focus on community banks with several branches that have a presence within a half-day's drive of your agency office. The big national banks will be too difficult to deal with. These committee-driven behemoths are notorious for their agonizingly slow decision-making processes. Your ideal candidate would be a community bank with assets between $50 million and $500 million. Go to the Internet and visit the Institution Directory page of the Federal Deposit ... Review the bank's capitalization. For each $100,000,000 million of assets, the bank should have at least $7.5 million of capital. Some will have more. If the bank is capitalized at less than 7.5%, beware. Capital provides the financial support that banks need to take the risk of lending their money. When capital is thin, regulators come pouring in to oversee corrective measures that you don't want to touch. Know your regulators. The FDIC, as the insurance provider, regulates all financial institutions. If a bank has National' or Federal' in its name, the Comptroller of the Currency in Washington, D. C. oversees it. If the bank's name includes State, ' but not National' or Federal, ' it comes under the bailiwick ...
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... of “advertising” at one community bank didn't know that the radio spo...
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...f employment, their platform for community involvement and their greatest sour...
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... send a postage-paid survey reply card asking for the client to evaluate both the company's and the agency's service. Any negative responses should be followed up with a personal call or visit by agency personnel. Think of all of the natural disasters that have struck over the past couple of years: hurricanes Hugo, Andrew, Iniki; the Midwestern floods; and California's fires, mudslides, and earthquakes. Entire communities were traumatized, presenting an opportunity for savvy agencies to shine! 10. Take every opportunity to refer other business contacts to your clients and let them know you're doing it. This tip speaks for itself. Put clients in touch with each other for their mutual business interests. In effect, you're creating your own affinity group, bonding them to you and helping the advocacy process to your benefit ... want your messages to be at the top of the pile. Train your CSRs and support people to maintain the same rapport with client staff people. Send birthday cards, business anniversary cards, flowers for new location openings, and so on. Disseminate customer surveys and questionnaires asking clients to rate your services. Follow up when anything negative is mentioned. Find out what prompted the negative comment, and correct it as quickly as possible. After a period of time, follow up to see how you are doing again. With the advanced capabilities of most automation systems, surveys are easy and inexpensive to administer and track-not to mention a wonderful form of advertising. 6. Send topical information to the client. Insurance companies are always publishing newsletters, handbooks, pamphlets about legislation, risk management, and ...