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The insurance industry has already had to make some uncomfortable shifts. Businesses have downsized or closed, and claims against carriers are coming from every direction.
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The pandemic of 2020 will impact the economy in ways that we have yet to understand fully. The insurance industry is certainly not insulated from this.
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While some businesses have had to close permanently, some have found success despite the pandemic's challenges.
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As so many made the transition overnight, being able to effectively move all operations from inside the same building into everyone’s homes has been difficult for both agencies and their employees.
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As access to people and businesses has been difficult, producers have faced the challenge of attempting to create and build relationships with prospects.
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The wrong environment can send the wrong message to both employees and clients, it can present a challenge when an owner doesn’t see the problem the employees are staring at every day.
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Turning a blind eye to poor performance is damaging to both the culprit and the other employees having to pick up the slack of their co-worker.
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While calculation and payment are typically straightforward, there can be issues in any areas of the bonus agreement that are ambiguous.
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While meetings occur with different parties for different reasons, the carrier marketing rep meetings can be particularly challenging.
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Early in your insurance career it can be challenging to understand all the ins and outs of how an agency operates.
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As nice as it would be for our personal and professional lives could remain separate, the two often intersect and impact one another. This crossover can be OK if appropriate boundaries are in place with limited interaction between the two.
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Tension can result as both agencies struggle to figure out how they will adapt and work together in the future.
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While there is value in pulling people in the agency together to review, regroup, and strategize on agency initiatives, meeting fatigue is real.
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Despite the significant improvement over recent years, there is still work to create better gender equality.
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While some agencies may still shy away from acknowledging or discussing the issue, that does not make it any less real or meaningful.
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Building a career in insurance, while very lucrative, is not without its stumbles along the way.
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Whether the information has any merit, gossip can create anxiety, fear, and doubt among staff very quickly, leading to a downturn in an organization.
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Finances can be a sensitive subject in any business, and this is true in an insurance agency.
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Insurance agency financials play an important part in painting the overall picture of an organization’s health and performance.
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As much as insurance agencies desire to keep operations within the family, there are family dynamics and generational gaps at play, which can create conflict as a parent and child may disagree on how to run the business.
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To keep the tradition alive, agency owners must have a plan to usher in the next generation to take control of the company eventually.
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When opportunities present themselves within the agency, opening those positions up to other staff may be met with resistance by some, but can be an exciting possibility to others who want to explore new roles.
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While there is no way to replace long-term experience, service, and friendships that an employee built, there are ways for agencies to prepare for their departure.
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Whether an agency is overstaffed or understaffed will impact the organization, and both can cause stress for different reasons.
