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...s each year as they do for their mortgage. They also realized that they probab... and his RRSPs with his bank. His Professional Liability and Income Protection are with his professional association. Andrea had her Aut...

... impress these professionals, who work long hours regularly. This event prompted Judy and Mark to review all of their insurance and to start asking some questions. They quickly discovered that they spend twice as much on insurance and investment products each year as they do for their mortgage. They also realized that they probably shouldn't have their insurance spread among so many brokers. They aren't receiving all the discounts that are available to them, have some potential gaps in their coverage, and don't have a single professional who can advise them on the ... a year ago, XYZ Insurance Company purchased ABC Insurance. Fast forward to March of this year. XZY Insurance sent a letter to Mary and Andy informing them that they wouldn't be renewing their Homeowners insurance. When Mary called Traditional Brokerage, they were informed that their broker had retired but their new broker would look into it and get back to them. Three phone messages and three weeks later, they still hadn't heard from the broker. In frustration, they eventually moved all of their personal insurance to Emerging Brokerage. Andy's father ... barbeque and the topic of insurance surfaced. Everyone was complaining about bad service and had a horror story to tell. I leaped to the industry's defense gallantly, but as expected, these consumers had little interest in our problems. As customers, they expect fast, professional service with no hassles when they need help. To get the customer's perspective across, I'll share four of the stories from the barbeque. Since my friends were in a cooperative mood, I gathered these statistics: Number of customers 18 (nine couples) Average ...

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...ker, into any composition, trust mortgage or similar arrangement with its cred...unconditional without regard to the liability of any other party. Each and eve...

... agreement relative to said sale and quarterly thereafter. As security for the payment of the price, [Employee] shall execute a promissory note which shall be signed by him and by his wife, if he shall then be married which shall be secured by a second mortgage on his residence. As further security [Employee] shall incorporate the [Agency] agency with all of its stock issued to [Employee] and shall cause all of the assets he shall acquire to be transferred to said corporation. [Employee] shall then ... [Agency] 's account. All insurance business, including renewals, whether property, casualty, life or other, produced by [Employee] during the continuation of this agreement shall be written through [Agency] or, if any such business has to be brokered elsewhere, it shall be done only in the name of [Agency] and only with [Agency] 's written consent, which said consent will not be unreasonably withheld. All such business produced by [Employee] may be coded or otherwise identified to ... [Agency] is generally open for business), prior to the effective date of termination upon the occurrence of any of the following events: Breach of a material and substantial provision of this agreement by [Employee] or dishonesty by [Employee] relating to his professional obligation hereunder and adversely effecting [Agency] 's reputation and/or business. Final conviction of [Employee] of any criminal offense that would have the effect of jeopardizing [Agency] 's business reputation. Failure of [Employee] for any reason ...

...ich shall be secured by a second mortgage on his residence. As further securit...