Every year, Michael Cohen, president and CEO of The DBL Center, recognizes his employees and celebrates the year’s success with a holiday party. Past parties have been at trendy Long Island location’s like the speakeasy-style bar, The Founder’s Room, in Huntington’s Paramount Theater and other first-class eateries. This year, The DBL Center team celebrated with
As children across the northeast return to classrooms, many for the first time since March 2020, working parents everywhere also settle into new routines. With workplaces now open again and in-person networking events, business lunches, and other opportunities for connection expanding, many insurance brokers’ workdays are shifting to a “new normal.” It’s the same for
We all know 2020 presented major challenges for insurance brokers. I discussed some of these challenges with Charles Callery, Regional VP for Lincoln Financial, and Michael Pelligrino, Lincoln Financial sales representative in the video, “Getting Creative in the Time of Covid-19.” So much has changed this year – but adapting is an important part of
New York insurance brokers may be getting questions from customers about the New York State Sick Leave (NYSSL) act, which went into effect September 30, 2020. However, employees cannot take paid sick leave through the state law until January 1, 2021, or at a time after that date if their employer requires them to
The insurance business, especially for those involved in selling statutory benefits like NY State disability insurance (NYS DBL coverage), has always been based on relationships. The relationships between brokers and their customers, carriers and general agencies, and the wholesale insurance agency and its brokers, all make it easier to create the best benefits packages with
President and CEO Michael Cohen invites top brokers to celebrate recent successes and a bright future Long Island, home of DBL Center’s corporate office, is rich with history many residents take for granted. Oheka Castle in Cold Spring Harbor, for instance, celebrated 100 years in 2019. It’s been 100 years since the original owner, Otto
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
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
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