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Is It Time to Rebrand? 5 Signs You May Need an Update
Powerful brand recognition is crucial for attracting new business and maintaining relationships with existing clients. You want to stand out from the crowd, and your marketing materials have a better chance of success if clients can immediately identify your product…
Read MoreWe’ve Been Busy Making Changes: New ISC Website, Online Platform & More
At ISC, our goal is to make life easier for our brokers. We offer great programs and products for specific niches, utilize data and market intelligence for enhanced underwriting, facilitate insurance transactions online, and, of course, provide excellent service. We…
Read MoreOur Personal Articles Floater: Insuring Your Clients’ Valuables
Our Personal Articles Floater Whether your customer is looking to insure one item like an engagement ring or has an extensivecollection of jewelry, fine art, silverware, coins, or wine, providing comprehensive coverage is fastand efficient with our Personal Articles Floater.…
Read MoreInsurance Sales Training
Talent has become even tougher to come by in our industry as more individuals have made career changes post pandemic, coupled with baby boomers’ retiring and exiting the business. Getting the next generation of producers and account managers/customer service reps…
Read MoreHow to Run a Successful B2B Email Marketing Campaign
With so many digital platforms emerging in 2023, it can feel overwhelming to keep up with digital marketing. How does an insurance agency prioritize its resources, and which digital marketing efforts are truly worth the investment? Despite the rise of…
Read MoreExcess Liability: Construction, Trucking, Petroleum
In a previous article, we discussed the need for clients to carry Excess Liability insurance. Social inflation, driven by third-party litigation funding, tort reform rollbacks, and the propensity among the public to sue and its distrust of companies, has prompted…
Read MoreThe Importance of Cybersecurity
As insurance professionals, we always talk to our clients about the need for Cyber Liability insurance. News about the rise in ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), data breaches, and other sophisticated cyberattacks is continuously front and center. A cyberattack or…
Read MoreWhy You Need a Responsive and ADA-Compliant Website
It’s a new year and time to look closely at your insurance agency website. If you haven’t reviewed, updated, or completely reworked your website in several years, it’s long overdue. Unfortunately, you could be losing out on today’s mobile consumer…
Read MoreRestaurant, Bar, Tavern and Nightclub: 2023 Outlook
Over the last several years, the restaurant, bar, tavern, and nightclub (RBTN) industry has experienced and weathered several challenges, beginning with the pandemic in 2020. “Innovating” and “pivoting” became part of the industry’s vernacular as it expanded outdoor dining with…
Read MoreUtilizing Apps for Optimum Productivity
An abundance of apps exists to help streamline workflow and productivity. Everything from Asana to Slack, Hive, Basecamp, Evernote, Trello, Todolist, Google Workspace, Expensify, Evernote, and many other apps is available for your staff. If your team, however, ends up…
Read MoreStrategic Planning for Business in 2023
If you haven’t established a road map for agency growth for 2023, it’s time to put pen to paper and make a plan. There are the usual things to consider, along with some additional items that will play a role…
Read MoreBest Locations for Events in 2023
If you’re planning in-person seminars, workshops, or a conference for your clients or even a company-wide meeting for everyone to get together and brainstorm. Here are several locations to consider for 2023 Other locations to consider for your event or…
Read More2023 Construction Market Outlook
The construction sector is dynamic, and its success largely depends on what is happening on the economic front and consumer confidence. Let’s take a look ahead at the construction market in 2023. On the Residential Front High interest rates and…
Read MoreHow AI and Machine Learning Will Help with Distribution, Underwriting, Pricing, Claims
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are transformative tools for the insurance industry, allowing carriers and MGAs that use them to differentiate themselves. According to an Accenture report, those utilizing AI and machine learning to their full potential are leveraging…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Digital Business Cards
When working in a field that relies on networking, such as insurance, it’s incredibly important to share your contact information efficiently. Now that we’ve entered the modern age of business, many insurance agents have turned to digital business cards to…
Read MoreState of the Market 2023: The View Ahead
There are several factors influencing why the insurance industry is in a hard market. Insurance companies are facing the fallout from increasingly severe and frequent catastrophic weather events, with Hurricane Ian being the most recent devastating multibillion-dollar event to hit…
Read MoreMarket Recap: Trucking
As we look back this year and ahead to next year, Bryan Woods, COO and CFO of Paramount MGA, provides insights on trucking insurance and how Paramount has approached the market. An ISC company, Paramount has several proprietary transportation programs,…
Read MoreHow Climate Change Is Affecting Insurance for Homebuyers
As climate change continues to incite severe weather systems and natural disasters around the world, the U.S. housing market absorbs the effects. Around the country, some of the most appealing places to live – both for their low cost of…
Read MoreHow to Reduce Liability During Holiday Parties
As the holiday season approaches, so too does the season of office holiday parties. While these events can be fun ways for staff to celebrate hard work and develop friendships outside the stress of the workplace, holiday parties can also…
Read MoreUnderstanding the Basics of Digital Marketing
Digital marketing in today’s age consists of seemingly endless acronyms, from PPC to SEO to SEM. It can be hard to track which strategies are most beneficial for your small business, especially for insurance agents looking to maintain their network…
Read MoreWhy Your Clients Need Excess Liability Coverage
Today’s legal environment continues to be impacted by social inflation, which is characterized by various factors, including third-party litigation funding, tort reform rollbacks, plaintiff-friendly juries, and public distrust of companies, all driving larger settlements and jury awards – and, inevitably,…
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