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... 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, Investment Firms, And Insurance Agencies: It's The Culture!4/30/2013 10:42:47 PM by CompleteMarkets Editor , Michael Manes This content has not been rated yet. BANKS, INVESTMENT FIRMS, AND INSURANCE AGENCIES: IT'S THE CULTURE! by ... successfully, one must understand that it's not about products, process or technology. It's the culture, stupid! Culture includes the organizational personality, history, personnel behavior styles, values, compensations systems, attitudes, etc. Simply put: Traditional bankers, traditional investment advisors, and traditional agents are all dinosaurs. Mating dinosaurs doesn't result in a dynamic hybrid. To achieve success and the tremendous potential created by the consolidation of the financial services industry, these dinosaurs must be genetically engineered-not cloned-before spawning the next generation. To succeed, ... consolidation of industries must build on the strengths of the past and engineer out any weaknesses. Participants must understand the histories of investment services, insurance, and banking before they can make any plans or take any actions. BANKING INDUSTRY Banks have been regulated since the Great Depression. Government regulation has fostered sameness in bank products and services. True competition between banks has been limited-at the expense of customer service. The regulator has become more important than the customer. The customer doesn't expect and cannot obtain vastly different services from individual banks. ...
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Banks, Investment Firms, And Insurance Agencies: It's The Culture!
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... is essential to the health and welfare of your organization. Growth of 10% — 12% or less reflects that the agency is "maintaining" its current position. Growth of 20% or more reflects a truly healthy sales organization. Is it too late to invest in production talent? There's generally a two to three-year "validation" period for producers. Investments made today should yield breakeven cash flow in two years, and significant returns on investments in four to seven years. Investments in producers require patience, but must take ... to reinforce strong existing company relationships and hopefully avoid the rampant use of price-cutting as a sales strategy. OUT-COMPETE! Competition focuses on the ability to find competitively priced products in a timely fashion. Many agencies are building their firms around the concept of becoming a "trusted advisor" to their clients (as opposed to a "vendor" relationship) . Although price will always be a major determining factor when selecting a broker and carrier, it's no longer the only, or in many cases not even the most important, criterion. ... asking themselves, "How do I survive the current market?" A great deal of business has moved from standard markets to alternative markets, often at reduced commission rates and without contingency agreements. The rating base of many accounts is down and customers are buying less insurance. Agencies that lack the skills and resources to compete are "getting voted off the island." These "losers" lack sales firepower, company representation, and/or the business savvy needed to compete in a difficult insurance marketplace. What are the characteristics ...