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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
New Jersey insurance company delivers better service for statutory and ancillary customers Although Meeker Sharkey & Hurley has been in the insurance business since 1864, the full-service broker is one of the newest in The DBL Center family. The company is already realizing the advantages of buying state-mandated TDB through DBL Center’s vast network of
Some carriers may require a company census in the future for DBL coverage. Here’s why it’s worth your customers’ time to complete one now. If you are a broker who sells ancillary benefits such as life, dental, and vision coverage, you are already familiar with the paperwork required to complete a company census. Your customers
New York insurance agency, Total Management, doesn’t sell a business policy without disability coverage Total Management Corporation, an independent insurance agency with offices on Long Island and Manhattan, has built a successful business for more than 40 years by focusing on two things: stellar service and customer education. TMC wants to be the first to
A focus on customer education and diverse offerings set Hometown Insurance Agency of Long Island apart Hometown Insurance Agency, based in Bohemia, New York, has been serving Long Island, upstate New York, and parts of the New York tri-state area since 1979. Hometown provides a full line of insurance products, with a 50/50 split of
Use this tax season to reflect on how you can improve processes in your insurance agency It’s tax season once again and for insurance brokers, it’s also a good time to reflect on ways to improve business efficiency in your insurance agency. For small to mid-size businesses in New York and New Jersey, including many
New York business owners need more than just DBL insurance coverage The DBL insurance industry recently experienced a shake-up when New York State passed a law requiring mandatory Paid Family Leave coverage, to be written as a rider to NYS DBL policies. Several carriers exited the DBL insurance market because they didn’t want to write
DBL Center helps Coastal Insurance navigate the rocky waters of New York Paid Family Leave The story begins 14 years ago, as many Long Island stories do, in a diner. Through a referral from another local business owner, David Clausen of Coastal Insurance, an independent insurance agency in NY, met with Michael Cohen of DBL
New Paid Family Leave Resource Center presents PFL claim forms and more Full Support to Help You Earn More Maximizing your revenue potential with Net Revenue Tracker Dashboard. We are well into 2018 and, as a New York insurance broker, you’ve got the basics of Paid Family Leave down. It’s the new comprehensive,












