by Brian Hunt, AIC, CPCU | Dec 22, 2014 | Underwriting
It’s that time of year. A jolly old customer of yours has reappeared from hibernation (where does he spend his off-season, anyway? The Villages? West Palm? Key West?). He only works one day a year – must be rough – and needs insurance and needs it fast. Here goes. He...
by Brian Hunt, AIC, CPCU | Oct 13, 2014 | Marketing, Sales, Underwriting
Call it a midlife crisis. You’ve glanced at your book of business in the mirror and it isn’t pretty. There’s a little more flab around the stomach than you’ve noticed before, a few more wrinkles around the eyes, and it just doesn’t spring out of bed in the morning...
by Brian Hunt, AIC, CPCU | Sep 4, 2014 | Marketing, Sales
Florida homeowners have a lot of choices for property insurance. Using the OIR’s “Choices” tool, I modeled a $300,000 new construction home in Orange County and received a list of available companies. Guess how many companies displayed? 27! Four of them were Tower...
by Steve Shepherd | Jan 2, 2014 | Leadership
It’s that time of year when we are all determined to make our New Year’s resolutions stick…holding them near and dear to our hearts…and our mid-sections. Until, that is…the third week of January. Try as we might…we will most certainly find that one little excuse that...
by Steve Shepherd | Dec 4, 2013 | Sales
Well…another year has passed. Nothing thrilling happened in our state this hurricane season…only a little brush of excitement from Tropical Storm Andrea over north Florida early in the season…and Tropical Storm Dorian, which fizzled out just before hitting the eastern...