Columnist Michael Loguercio views the industry “face to face” from his vantage point as a vendor to independent insurance agencies. Michael attends almost every function and interfaces with our readers regularly.
A few years ago I shared with you in this column about the time I was speaking at a Career Day at one of the elementary schools in our local school district where I am the school board president. I asked the students, “Who wants to be an insurance agent when they grow up?”, and while […]
So, in recent times we have experienced here in the Northeast an earthquake, a tornado, a super/hurricane/ perfect storm with all the “trimmings” that you can ever imagine, and now this: a blizzard with snow that fell at up to 4 inches an hour, lightning and thunder (that frightened me while I was out shoveling […]
We have all seen the commercial, and most likely repeated the phrase, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” in a mock emulation of the TV spot. Of course when we exclaim that expression we say it in jest, and not by any means attempting to diminish the value and importance of the product that […]
“Woof!” If every dog in the United States made that sound one little doggy in the window at a time, we would hear almost 75 million “barks…and that’s just from the dogs that we know about! As everything I typically write about relates directly back to this thing of ours, reported dog bites occur nearly […]
There is a very old and wise saying, that I have always shared with my kids, “It’s not always what it is…but what it appears to be.” This saying hold true in many facets of our life…and when it comes to securing our data this thing of ours is certainly no different. As another year […]
The Holidays! They are here! …and before we can sprinkle that last bit of reindeer dust or shout out, “Now Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, on Donner and Blitzen! …they will most likely have passed so quickly once again! This year, as in the past, so many of […]
So ten days have passed since I composed my most recent article on what is now being called by the mainstream media as “SuperStorm Sandy”, and I’m back on a US Airways flight only this time headed home to Long Island from our EZLynx sales meetings. Every early morning while I was away, I have […]
Once again I am sitting on a US Airways flight, travelling to Dallas, TX for our annual EZLynx sales meetings. It’s always an enjoyable time, getting to visit with “our gang”, learning about new products, and sharing ways to improve the technological experience for all those involved in this thing of ours that enjoy the […]
As someone who visits with agencies in many areas of our country on a daily basis, I probably “have heard them all” when it comes to questions that are posed to me by agents regarding everything from “What are the most competitive carriers?” to “What technology is available to help me increase my bottom line?” […]
So all your life you have been striving to do everything you can to ultimately achieve the 100% level, correct? Well that’s certainly an admirable goal…unless you’re an insurance company! Years ago when interest rates were at record highs, and carriers could invest in funds that brought double digit returns, being at a 100% combined […]
A Beacon International Group, Ltd. Member
