Essential Resources & Blogs for Insurance Agency Success

3 Helpful Tips for Beginners in the Insurance Industry

Agency Staff Articles, Helpful Tips: For Employees

Early in your insurance career, you may be asked to do things that you’re not sure are right. The thought of saying “no” to a request like this may feel like an intimidating prospect. However, not every request deserves a “yes.”  In fact, automatically agreeing to everything asked of you can have unintended consequences. Here […]

How to Use Challenges as Fuel to Improve

Agency Owner Articles, Helpful Tips: For Employees

Building a career in insurance, while very lucrative, is not without its stumbles along the way.   Owning and operating an insurance agency presents a unique set of challenges as well.  There is a lot to learn about coverage, processes, agency operations, and professional development.  While mistakes are not ideal, expecting perfection from the onset […]

Making the Most of Your 1st Year in Insurance

Agency Staff Articles, Helpful Tips: For Employees

Starting a new job in an insurance agency can create a full range of emotions. It is reasonable to feel like there is a lot to learn and unsure of where to start. And while all of this may feel a little unsettling and intimidating, the good news is that you’ve come to the right […]

How to Leave & Return to A Career In Insurance

Agency Staff Articles, Helpful Tips: For Employees

How to Deal With Workplace Dilemmas

Agency Staff Articles, Helpful Tips: For Employees

About the Author Justin Goodman has spent the past 20 years in insurance. He is the co-founder and CEO of Total CSR and co-founder and Managing Director of Project 55. By the age of 29, he was recognized as one of the top five construction insurance experts nationwide by Risk and Insurance Magazine. He also […]

How to Navigate the Path from Service to Sales

Agency Staff Articles, Helpful Tips: For Employees

Building a career in sales in the insurance industry can be extremely lucrative with the potential to make an excellent living.  And while the producer role is not the right one for everyone, if you have the desire and the grit to take a run at a sales position, the payoff can be very rewarding. […]

How To Make the Leap from Agency Employee to Owner

Agency Staff Articles, Helpful Tips: For Employees

The path from working in an agency every day for someone else to going it alone as an owner can be exciting and scary all at the same time. While it is not an easy decision and will require a lot of details to make it work, the information below will provide insight into the […]

How to Create Connection in a Socially Distanced World

Agency Owner Articles, Agency Staff Articles, Helpful Tips: For Employees

What Every Agent Should Do Before Signing an Insurance Producer Agreement

Agency Staff Articles, Helpful Tips: For Employees

The insurance industry is no stranger to contracts.   Whether it is contracts with carriers or insuring agreements in policies, contracts dictate a lot of what happens within an agency.  Even agents are required to sign a producer agreement before they go to work for an agency.   The purpose of the agreement is to […]

Should You Invest in a Professional Designation?

Agency Owner Articles, Helpful Tips: For Employees

Continuing education comes with the territory for insurance professionals and one option that continues to be popular in the industry is professional designation courses.  There are several choices available, each with its own requirements as well as pros and cons.   Given that there are so many options, what do agencies need to be aware […]