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Claims Advisor 1-2021
Productive and proactive teleworking in this age of technology must be reliant on a number of things.
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Claims Advisor 3-2021
Commercial lines insurance can be complicated and present many more variables to be considered than personal lines policies. Commercial lines policies are also subject to closer underwriting scrutiny and addition of endorsements that may not have originally been anticipated....
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Claims Advisor 7-2021
John's client, Dave, called him with a common concern. He was paying too much for his auto insurance and his policies were coming up for renewal. While Dave was concerned with price, he wanted his $1-million umbrella policy in force to protect him from any catastrophic accident. After conducting a market search, John found a primary auto policy with a different carrier, saving him 25%. Both men were delighted and the switch in carriers was made. Six months later...
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Claims Advisor 2-2021
Writer and philosopher George Santayana is remembered for the phrase, 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' Given the current state of affairs—coming off 2020 and a solid year of pandemic peaks and re-peaks—those words ought to send chills up your spine.
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Claims Advisor 4-2021
f you've forgotten what's coming this month you surely can be forgiven. COVID has been front and center in our lives for so long that it's difficult to look past it. But now's the time: you need to be thinking about hurricane season. (Special note for 'inland agencies' -- this article applies to you, as well. Keep reading…). 2020 was an extremely active year for Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes and the four preceding years were above average. According to climate scientists, this suggests that 2021 will be active as well. And once those storms appear – especially those that are 'in the box' – you and your customers will likely find yourself with few good options.
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Claims Advisor 9-2021
As sure as Shark Week arrives each summer, private companies and their directors and officers get sued. Having the right liability insurance in place could be like holding a running chainsaw when a shark falls on you from the sky during a tornado, allowing you to escape the belly of the beast safely. Confused? You haven’t seen “Sharknado.” Put it this way, a more literal use of the right liability policy is the ability to protect companies and their management from more likely happenings, such as employment practices liability claims.
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