One Agents Alliance Blog

Insurance Marketing
Thoughts on Customer Engagement
Last time I wrote about the coming revolution in the insurance distribution business where the traditional agency model will be profoundly, and ...

Insurance Marketing
Customer Engagement
Increasingly those of us in the insurance agency business are hearing that many of the products we sell are “commodities”. Our insurance ...

Insurance Agency Management
Enormous Profit and Growth
In my corner of the world with the weather challenges of the last 5 years it’s hard to believe a property and casualty company could make any ...

Insurance Agency Management
Entrepreneurial Teams
In my last post I talked about the difference between running a business with employees and with team members. I pointed out that on a real ...

Insurance Agency Management
Who Protects the Rim?
As I write this the NBA is in the midst of the first round of playoffs so you’ll have to excuse me if I write about a critical component of your ...

Insurance Sales
Division of Labor
Recently I wrote about the differences in compensation between personal lines and commercial lines producers. This generated some questions from a ...

Insurance Sales
The Importance of Qualifying Prospects
Recently, I decided I wanted to buy a new car. I wasn’t sure what I wanted at first, as I haven’t driven a car for a long time. So, I looked at a ...

Insurance Agency Management
Preparing for Storms
I live and do business in Tornado Alley and storms happen so often they almost seem like background noise. ...

Insurance Sales
Are We in Serious Trouble?
I think we may be!

Insurance Sales
Insurance Agency Sales Require a Personal Connection with Clients
Someone said to me recently: “price is table stakes”. And certainly, we pushed back on insurance companies all the time when they tell us ...