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Insurance Sales
How Using Agency of Records Letters Boost Retention
Every commercial lines agent (and some personal lines agents) have received one of these dreaded “YOU’RE FIRED!” letters. Let’s talk about what to ...

Insurance Sales
Paying Staff for Selling Activity in Personal Lines
Continuing our discussion on how to properly compensate staff, let’s discuss compensating internal staff for personal lines sales activities. I ...

Insurance Agency Management
How to Pay Your Staff
Continuing the discussion on paying staff in the growing agency, let me share some thoughts on how to structure a compensation plan.

Insurance Agency Management
How Much to Pay Your Staff?
An OAA member recently asked me this question during a session on managing the growing agency. It’s a great question! And there are as ...

Insurance Sales
Goal Setting!
We are getting close to a new year and most of us are thinking about what we can accomplish next year. In the growing agency, that includes ...

Insurance Agency Management
Leadership That Drives Growth: Setting Vision and Enforcing Standards
Have you ever been frustrated because your employees don’t do what you want them to do? Or because they do things the way they prefer to ...

Insurance Agency Management
Are We There Yet?
Anyone who has ever been on a family car trip has heard that question. At least a million times, right?

Insurance Agency Management
Umbrellas Keep You from Getting Soaked
I had a shocking conversation with one of our marketing representatives for a major insurance company about the selling of personal umbrellas ...

Insurance Sales
3 Strategies to Boost Your Profit Numbers
So business is good? You’re doing well? Sales are up? You’ve added staff and some of the pressure is off of you? This is great news!

Insurance Agency Management
I’m 80% Committed!
If an employee told me they were 80% committed I’d be thrilled to death! How about you? If you think I’ve lost my mind, bear with me a ...