In a season of relentless speculation on how voters view the nearly 20 total candidates vying for 2016 ballots, U.S. voter motivation has taken on all the trappings of consumer styled surveying, possibly because a hero of the supermarket magazine rack is in the race. While some believe – and campaign heavily – in libertarian […]
Anyone who has travelled in or visited the Southeastern US is likely to be familiar with kudzu, the ubiquitous climbing vine that seems to have swallowed large chunks of landscape, invading and conquering whole forests in an unstoppable march. Kudzu, a plant native to Japan and China, was introduced in the 1920s as forage, and […]
And Now For Something Completely Different— Dorothy Parker on Insurance Dorothy Parker, the doyenne of the Algonquin Round Table in the 1920s and the quintessential New Yorker, has always been one of my heroes. How could you not love someone who said the two most beautiful words in the English language are ‘cheque enclosed’?1 However, […]
By Kelly Donahue-Piro In my line of work with local agencies across the country, I often find principals are not focused on their agency’s data but rather they manage from the checkbook. Trust me, money is a key indicator of success and by looking at the numbers you can find papercuts before they become bigger […]
If you were an agency owner who owned several websites, would you think that it’s more important to keep your website visitors interested in what you have to say, or would the content not matter as long as you attracted them in the first place? That’s the million dollar question. Attracting new visitors is very […]
During the PIANY awards dinner and reception held at Shaker Ridge Country Club, Colonie, newly elected PIANY President Eugene L. Sandy told fellow board members their dedication and commitment to the association and the industry is contagious. “PIA is great at helping agents run and at marketing their own agencies: I want to put this […]
Earlier this month, the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State held its annual reception in Albany. There, we honored the newly elected officers and directors for 2015-16 and presented awards of distinction. The Advocate no doubt will report on the awards and the new administration, but I want to share a particularly striking speech, […]
In Arizona, like most states, a statute requires that an insurer offer each insured both Uninsured Motorist and Underinsured Motorist Coverage and holds that it can only be excluded if the insured signs a document specifically rejecting the coverage. In Wilks v. Manobianco, — P.3d —-, 2015 WL 4132181 (Ariz., 7/9/15) the Arizona Supreme Court […]
By Marieke Wijtkamp When property damage occurs, insurance clients want immediate service and closure from their insurance provider. Waiting days for a decision and the added inconvenience of staying home for a claims adjustor causes distress. For the insurance company, incurring the extra cost associated with sending out adjustors also burdens the operation. Leading insurance […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Berkshire Hathaway GUARD recently named Lyle Hitt Executive Vice President of Property and Liability Insurance. In his new role, Hitt will oversee activities related to lines of coverage used to complement the company’s traditional workers’ compensation specialty. Specifically, he will lead the expansion of the organization’s property and liability lines into new […]
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