Blog : Element 49

For its fourth annual Hot 100 list, Insurance Business America asked the insurance community to nominate major power players who are shaping the future of the industry.

Sometimes “it’s just time.” It’s not money, it’s not health, it’s not family. It’s just time to pass the baton to the next generation of the owner.

In our November carrier blog, Travelers provides information on some of the most popular business placed with commercial lines, new insurance areas of focus and types of business it can write that agencies might not be aware of.

Independent insurance agencies are passionate about helping people with some of their biggest needs at the most critical points in their lives. Because of this, it’s extremely important that we truly listen to understand if we’re serving them well.

In the October edition of our carrier blog, American Modern Senior Territory Sales Manager, Rick Reynolds, provides information on the launch of American Modern's new software solution (AMSuite) and provides examples of both signature products and unique coverages that American Modern can help its clients write.

Social media is a powerful relationship-marketing tool. It provides an avenue for independent insurance agents to listen to their customers and address their needs. Indie Agents use it to build rapport, strengthen relationships, and humanize themselves in a way that can shift customer perception from agent to friend.

Customers talk to their friends and family every day about their favorite restaurant, what they love about their insurance agency or why they’ve had a bad experience at their doctor visit. What are they saying about you? More than ever, we need to LISTEN to what they are saying about our companies, our service levels, and our brand, and we need to CARE.

In the July edition of our blog, Senior Account Manager Melissa McCormick, describes the benefits of using our new business submission technology (Appulate), details the habits of our most successful agency partners and offers tips on how to submit business to Indium.

As business owners, we know there are countless metrics and measures that we can look at to get a feel for how our business is performing. For most of us, our tendency is to fixate on our financial results (of course, why wouldn't we?). While financial results are certainly critical to knowing the health of our business, financials are also largely backward looking. At Indium we focus on a different metric to understand how we are doing and if we can expect growth: our Net Promoter Score.

Appulate is an industry leading new business submission platform that will make it easier for you, Indium and our company partners to do business together. Appulate reduces keystrokes, validates each submission for completeness and speeds up turn-around time, allowing you and our partner companies to collaborate more efficiently through Indium.