Florida agency develops risk topography across personal, professional and enterprise risks What happens when you bring together experienced insurance people and a vision to provide holistic risk management services that cross all lines of business in the personal, commercial, and employee benefits arenas? Well, in the case of Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS), Tampa, Florida, you get a firm that reaches total annual revenue of nearly $24 million in just
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Agency Partners An expert in the line explains what agents and their clients need to know about this undersold coverage Sold your clients any environmental insurance lately? Probably not, observes David Dybdahl, CPCU, MBA, ARM, president of American Risk Management Resources (ARMR), a managing general agency based in Middleton, Wisconsin, that specializes in placing coverage for environmental risks. “Environmental insurance has less than a 1% market penetration after 30 years
Young Professionals Are designations a ticket to the fast lane to success? We’re back. I struggled this time around to come up with an alternative acronym for this designation. It also might be incorrect; maybe some young insurance professionals race cars on the weekends. If any do, let me know. Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. The green flag is waving; let’s discuss the CISR. Recapping from our introduction installment,
Four ways you can encourage your carriers to sign up for SignOn Once What would you say are the most-often-used passwords? If you guessed “123456” or “password,” you’re right! Each year, the data security firm SplashData compiles The Worst Passwords List from millions of passwords leaked from data breaches. In 2017, the top four were “123456,” “password,” “12345678” and “qwerty.” The first two have been the “worst” passwords since
New insurers compete for older boats and boaters It’s a time of testing for the nation’s boat insurers. The market for boats appeared to be recovering in 2017 when Hurricanes Harvey and Irma struck in the late summer, damaging or destroying an estimated 63,000 recreational boats. This followed several years of decline in boat ownership after 2005, when the number of registered recreational boats in the U.S. peaked at just
