Dawn Allcot is a freelance writer, editor, and content strategist with more than two decades of experience creating high-performing content for leading financial and consumer publications like GoBankingRates, CNET, and TheStreet. She is a long-time content partner for DBL Center, covering employee benefits, broker technology, and the evolving paid family leave (PFML) landscape.
Paid Family Leave became a fact of life in New York very quickly. The statutory benefit, written as a rider to DBL coverage, is ethically responsible and financially needed for New York families. But business owners and brokers weren’t prepared for the mayhem that PFL billing would bring. I sat down with our President and
For more than 35 years, storytelling and enthusiasm help sell insurance Incorporated as The DBL Center Ltd. since 1983, The DBL Center has many long-time, second generation clients. But few brokers have stories steeped in such rich New York history as Richard King, owner of King Associates. Richard King was mentored by the late David
New Jersey brokers should be ready for this revenue opportunity with privatized NJ TDB Did you know that 98 percent of NJ TDB temporary disability benefits policies are written by the state? Even though privatized TDB provides better service and faster payouts than state-funded temporary disability insurance in New Jersey, most business owners don’t know
DBL Center opens doors to TDB in NJ for healthcare broker. Centric Benefits Consulting of New Providence, NJ, is a small retail broker specializing in healthcare and ancillary benefits for businesses of every size, from two to 2,000 lives. “Our customers represent a solid cross-section of New Jersey businesses, which is primarily small businesses under
As you know if you’ve been reading our blog or have been talking to members of our team, The DBL Center has achieved several milestone growth markers in 2018. In addition to our new offices and achieving the milestone this summer of writing 1 million lives, and servicing and insuring 32,000 corporations annually. Are you
Brokers who consolidate their business with DBL Center can earn up to $15,000 The DBL Center held some in house celebrations last week as we settled into our new Melville, Long Island office. But it’s not just our employees who benefit from our continued growth. Thanks to the industry relationships we have fostered over the
Customer education goes a long way when it comes to selling employee benefits As an insurance agent, you understand the intricacies of the employee benefits you sell, including maternity leave benefits available through Paid Family Leave (PFL) in New York. You can show customers how to file a DBL or PFL claim, tell them when
DBL Center’s strengths complement Corporate Synergies’ insurance lines Corporate Synergies is a full-service insurance brokerage, providing health, ancillary benefits, P&C coverage, and DBL / PFL for companies with as many as 10,000 employees. “We have about 600 customers total and we have office in Melville, Long Island; New York City, New Jersey, Maryland and Florida,”
Private TDB coverage in New Jersey delivers faster payouts, better service, cost savings, and easy commissions Did you know 85% of business owners buy TDB in NJ (temporary disability benefits) through the state? If private TDB coverage is so much better, why aren’t more business owners and HR directors switching? Most New Jersey business owners
Follow these tips to grow your book of business in the nonprofit insurance sector More than 1.5 million non profit organizations are registered in the U.S., says the National Center for Charitable statistics. And they all need nonprofit insurance coverage. With 20.3 million people living in the New York Tri-State area, it’s safe to say
DBL Center Helps ComTon Convert Self-Insured DBL Clients to Major Carriers at Low Rates ComTon Inc. in Fairport, NY, specializes in Employee Benefits insurance for organizations with over 200 lives. Serving upstate and western New York, from Rhinebeck to Lake Placid and across the state to Buffalo and Rochester, ComTon has been in business since