Positioning with Companies as the Market Changes June 3, 2013 By Chris Burand A huge amount of press has been devoted to how important price is to insurance buyers – and it clearly...
Burand’s Agency E&O Blog: Tip #33 May 24, 2013 By Chris Burand E&S Binding Limits. Extremely few, if any, retail agencies have any binding authority whatsoever with their E&S brokers. This is...
Burand’s Agency E&O Blog: Tip #32 May 15, 2013 By Chris Burand AOR/BOR Procedures. If the current agent is so good, why is the insured moving their policy? AOR/BOR selling strategies have...
Cutting Corners May 6, 2013 By Chris Burand Some inside knowledge and a lot of experience strongly suggests that many agencies and brokers are cutting processing corners. I...
Burand’s Agency E&O Blog: Tip #31 April 24, 2013 By Chris Burand Record Retention. It’s not as simple as everyone thinks. Significant and dangerous myths exist relative to this increasingly important topic....
Burand’s Agency E&O Blog: Tip #30 April 17, 2013 By Chris Burand Felony Background Checks. An important step in hiring people. If an employee has a felony conviction and the agency has...
Burand’s Agency E&O Blog: Tip #29 April 10, 2013 By Chris Burand Flood Insurance. Who Ever Said Mortgage Companies Know Everything About Flood Insurance? In agency after agency I visit, flood insurance...
Keeping Up With the Joneses April 8, 2013 By Chris Burand “So baby, let’s sell your diamond ring Buy some boots and faded jeans and go away This coat and tie...
Burand’s Agency E&O Blog: Tip #28 April 3, 2013 By Chris Burand Job Descriptions. A simple solution to minimizing E&O exposures. One of the most significant E&O exposures is literally a “he...
Burand’s Agency E&O Blog: Tip #27 March 27, 2013 By Chris Burand Agency Catastrophe Plans. How to keep a catastrophe from becoming an even bigger catastrophe. I don’t know who said it,...