Dawn Allcot is a full-time freelance writer & owner of a content marketing agency. Her work has appeared on sites that include Forbes, Chase, Bankrate, & The Balance.
Brokers can profit by providing your customers with the information they need about Paid Family Leave. Last year, New York State announced new Paid Family Leave regulations to be phased in over four years starting in January 2018. The regulations would give New York families the best coverage in any state, surpassing even California, which
Even with Trump’s proposed tax code changes, term life and Group Life / AD&D still a safe bet. Are you a property & casualty, disability, or health insurance broker looking for new revenue streams? Life insurance might just represent another avenue to increase your book of business. According to the Insurance Barometer Study, conducted jointly
Insurance brokers should be able to rely on their wholesale general agency to lead the digital revolution within the insurance industry. A recent article in The Digital Insurer pointed to chatbots—sophisticated artificial intelligence programs that can answer questions and provide customer service for companies in much the way human representatives can—as replacing insurance underwriters in
Are you ready with enriched disability coverage for your employees or customers? If you’re running a business or have a full-time career, are raising a family, and managing to juggle the other responsibilities of adulthood, you already know the holidays are stressful. But did you know the months following the holidays are more dangerous than
Five ways it benefits employers to provide a living wage for workers on NYS DBL. In the months leading up to the election, there’s been a lot of talk about Americans having the opportunity to earn a living wage. While some states have minimum wage laws in line with their costs of living, the Federal
Earn robust commissions when you refer your customers to our Medicare specialist. Brokers who write their policies through The DBL Center now enjoy yet another advantage in addition to our excellent choices in disability insurance and ancillary benefits and our personalized, white-glove service. We recently signed with a Medicare specialist who can help you earn
Brokers: Are you taking these steps to show your customers the value of voluntary benefits? As healthcare premiums continue to rise while coverage levels drop, smart business owners and HR directors are finding ways to recruit new talent and retain employees by offering voluntary ancillary benefits. This opens an opportunity for P&C and health insurance
Bundle insurance benefits packages to save your customers money and earning more commission with bigger sales. If you’re a health insurance, disability insurance, or P&C broker you understand the pain of dwindling profit margins, increased premiums, and reduced choices for your customers. Good brokers look for ways to save their loyal customers money and deliver
Are you a new insurance broker? Have you been licensed as a broker for some time, but have recently fled health insurance sales due to dwindling commissions and all the red tape forced by Obamacare? Whether you’re new to the industry or simply new to Property & Casualty insurance sales for businesses, it might make
Most people need life insurance. But the reasons may not be what you’d expect. The sales tactics for life insurance are familiar, and designed to tug at the prospective client’s heartstrings: What would happen to your family if you were to pass on suddenly? Would they lose their home? Would your children be able to
Are you a property & casualty broker whose products include worker’s compensation insurance, mandatory disability benefits, and ancillary benefits such as dental, vision, or life insurance? Have you considered the benefits of working with an insurance wholesaler? Do you spend the time to shop each carrier for every client, in order to secure the lowest
Employee expectations about benefits packages have changed. Are you leaving money on the table by not suggesting voluntary benefits to your customers? Back when many of us joined the workforce, employers picked up most (or all) of the cost of premiums for health insurance, vision, dental, and maybe even life insurance. This was especially true