Category Archives: Industry News

The Basics of Body Language and Why You Need To Know

Non-verbal communication is more apart of your daily life than verbal communication, what you say with your body has more impact than what you say. And the body never lies, it’s easy to say things you don’t mean but it’s harder to hide non-verbal cues.

The Power of Focus

In order to be successful whether is personally or professionally, its important to have a clear understanding of what you want.

Referrals Provide Stability and Growth to Agencies

Insurance referrals are an important tool that allows agents to be successful. Some feel asking for a referral is a little scary because you don’t want to come off as aggressive or offensive to your customer but its very rare that a customer will become upset by this and the outcome is generally a positive [...]

Cross Selling Generates Large Revenues

Cross selling is selling multiple types of insurance polices that your agency offers to the same customer.

New York: Agents Must Provide Payment Information to Clients

A new set of rules have been released by the New York Insurance Department (NYID) that requires insurance agents and brokers to release information to their clients about how they are paid. This regulation will go into affect on January 1st next year.

ALC Health Speeds up the Claims Process

In attempts to help their corporate clients finalize filed claims, they are allowing them to be submitted via email as scanned attachments.

Banning Cell Phones Doesn’t Reduce Crashes

A new study conducted by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) shows that there has been no reduction in car accidents since the ban of hand held devices across the United State

What to Avoid When Growing Your Business

Growing your business is a constant process that business owners must deal with on a day to day basis. It takes patience and strong marketing skills to prove your place in the business world, let alone being able to continually grow over time.