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10 Things You Didn’t Know About The DBL Center

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Dawn Allcot
Thursday, 02 May 2024 / Published in Ancillary Benefits, Broker Dashboard
10 Things You Didn’t Know About The DBL Center
Things are changing rapidly across the country in terms of employee benefits. More states have added paid family and medical leave benefits, with opportunities for brokers to earn commissions and save their clients’ money by privatizing PFML. New York State has passed pending legislation to increase the DBL premium and benefits rate, presumably by 2026.
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U.S. Ranks Worst for Early Childcare: Paid Family Leave Laws Can Help

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Dawn Allcot
Monday, 20 February 2023 / Published in Paid Family Leave
Paid Family Leave (PFL) and Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) programs expand across the U.S. in 2023. A recent study from the CommonCentsMom.com found that the U.S. ranks the worst in the developed world for early childcare. The study analyzed the costs of early childcare in 40 countries relative to the mother’s income, how
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Insurance Brokers: Gain the Advantage with a More Productive Routine

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Michael Cohen
Tuesday, 31 August 2021 / Published in Business
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
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Schedule a Look into the Future of Disability Insurance Now

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Michael Cohen
Tuesday, 13 October 2020 / Published in Broker Dashboard
Schedule your Broker Dashboard webinar demo today.  Watching the Yankees on TV with my sons the other night, I had the thought, for the first time in my life, that we’re living in the future. The future we grew up with in fiction – the Jetsons and the rest of the science fiction we watched
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DBL Center Helps Its Carriers with COVID-19 Pre-screening Software

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Dawn Allcot
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 / Published in Broker Dashboard, Coronavirus Pandemic, Massachusetts PFMLA, NYS DBL, Paid Family Leave, Technology
Within the first few days of the coronavirus pandemic and the New York On Pause order, DBL Center President and CEO Michael Cohen felt the same as many of those in the insurance business did. “When I first got news of this being a reality in New York, which is now a hot spot, I
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On the Mic with Mike: Selena Kutschera Talks About PFL, DBL and the Benefits of the Broker Dashboard

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Dawn Allcot
Sunday, 15 September 2019 / Published in Broker Spotlight, Disability Coverage, Enriched DBL, NJ TDB, NYS DBL, On the Mic with Mike, Paid Family Leave
  Working with the top insurance wholesaler in NY gives Selena a chance to make a difference for brokers Selena Kutschera, DBL Center’s Director of DBL and TDB never actually applied to work at DBL Center. She joined the family when DBL Center acquired competitor Combined DBL, a competitive insurance wholesaler in NY, in 2014.
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DBL Center Acquires DBL Advantage, Starts the New Year with Major Growth Initiative

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Dawn Allcot
Thursday, 03 January 2019 / Published in Business, Disability Coverage
DBL Center acquires DBL Advantage to start 2019
Top New York insurance wholesaler announces the acquisition of DBL Advantage Etc. Ltd Effectively immediately on January 1, 2019, the DBL Center Ltd. has acquired DBL Advantage Etc. Ltd., a New York-based licensed General Agency specializing in NYS DBL, Paid Family Leave,  NJ TDB and group ancillary benefits. The synergy between the two company’s insurance
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Dbl Center Adds Broker Incentives

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Dawn Allcot
Friday, 17 August 2018 / Published in Business, Disability Coverage, Paid Family Leave
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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
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3 Ways DBL Insurance Opens Doors for P&C Brokers

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Dawn Allcot
Monday, 26 February 2018 / Published in Ancillary Benefits, Life Insurance
DBL insurance opens doors to sell home, auto and umbrella policies.
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
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PFL Claim Forms and More – DBL Center Launches Paid Family Leave Resource Center

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Dawn Allcot
Monday, 08 January 2018 / Published in In the News, Paid Family Leave
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  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,
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FMLA vs PFL: What’s the Difference?

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Dawn Allcot
Monday, 27 November 2017 / Published in Paid Family Leave
Military moms and dads will enjoy the benefits of PFL in New York
FMLA vs PFL: The DBL Center explores the differences Since New York introduced Paid Family Leave, there has been a lot of confusion. Brokers, HR directors, employers and employees are just beginning to understand what PFL means and who it will affect. One point that’s important to realize: The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA),
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7 Important Ways PFL Differs from DBL Insurance

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Dawn Allcot
Tuesday, 17 October 2017 / Published in Paid Family Leave
From the duration to the benefit payouts, DBL and PFL differ significantly. Brokers in New York can now sell a new mandatory benefit: Paid Family Leave. We’ve been talking about this new coverage since New York State announced the law in April. As January approaches, the benefit becomes reality in two short months. As news
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