
Agency Management Done Right is an audio podcast hosted by Mitch Dunford exploring various aspects of agency management.
The topic of the second episode is the rise of social media, including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, and how insurance agencies can use these new tools to engage customers in fun and unique ways. Mitch is joined by Rick Morgan and Peter van Aartrijk, insurance industry veterans specializing in marketing, communications and technology.
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Amy Bryan, owner of Bryan Insurance Agency in New Windsor, N.Y. opened her own independent insurance agency at the age of 22. She had no carrier appointments and no customers when she launched her agency in 2004, ut it didn’t take long for Amy to attract quality carriers and customers. Now, at just 28 [...]
To the 77 percent of independent insurance agencies that don’t have a social media presence, creating a profile and trying to form “friendships” via a computer can be daunting. Once you get online, however, tools such as blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn and RSS feeds actually can help an agency build more thoughtful relationships with other agents [...]
London Based specialty insurer Hiscox, which launched a significantly expanded US presence in 2006, saw its gross profits reach record levels of 481 million dollars last year. Recently, the company’s chief underwriting 0fficer, Rob Childs, sat down to discuss the profitability for the company and what he sees as the outlook and obstacles for [...]
Opened in 1949, Gatorland is central Florida’s oldest theme park. The 110-acre attraction is home to a multitude of animals, including the powerful alpha predators that are the park’s namesake.
With over 100 employee roles, ranging from custodial and food handling to gator wrestling, the potential for injury is great; however, the incident of harm at [...]
Don Reha is the winemaker for Orfila Vineyards and Winery in Escondido, California where he oversees the winemaking process from vine to bottle. In this episode of Watching the Risks, Reha talks about insuring and protecting the product and business income through its various stages.
Based in San Diego, Jack in the Box Inc. was founded in 1951 and is the first major fast-food chain that started as a drive-thru. Today, it has approximately 43,000 employees with more than 2,200 quick-serve restaurants in 18 states. In this episode, Jack in the Box deputy general counsel of 12 years, [...]
Frank Pedraza, president of Safety Training Specialists Inc., discusses safety-training options
Agency Management Done Right is an audio podcast hosted by Mitch Dunford exploring various aspects of agency management.
The topic of the fourth episode is business travel, and Mitch is joined by Michael Lyons, VP of the National Business Travel Association (NBTA). Topics of conversation include the swine flu and its impact on business travel, airline [...]
The MyNewMarkets.com Exchange is an insurance “market fair” where agents and brokers who need markets are brought together with the MGAs, wholesalers and carriers who provide them. The intent of the Exchange is to help insurance agents obtain new markets for their customers at the event itself. Participating sponsors staff “trading desks” consisting of a [...]
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