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- What is Business Email Compromise and How to Educate Your Clients
- The importance of fall prevention in the manufacturing industry
- Podcast: Predict & Prevent: Code for success: Building a disaster-resistant future
- Navigating technology: 7 steps for insurance agents to cross-sell
- In the news: Weathering the storm: How IBHS is revolutionizing building safety
- Third-party litigation funding is a burden for insurers and policyholders
- Help clients protect what matters most to them during Life Insurance Awareness Month
- Video: Mark Berven and IBHS: Using science to protect buildings from wildfires
- Risks in supply chains can pose threats to businesses
- How insurance agents can benefit from carrier downloads in their agency management systems
- Discover the science behind resilient structures: Mark Berven’s visit to IBHS
- Planning and preparation key to extreme weather resilience
- Help homeowners protect their property during flood season
- Navigating technology: Client feedback and satisfaction surveys
- Smart Home Technology for Clients to Prevent and Detect Fires
- Predictive analytics in the insurance industry
- Navigating technology: Increasing retention through exceptional claims management
- Leaning on technology to increase client retention in the insurance industry
- The weather ahead: Help human services organizations manage storm risk
- The benefits of automating insurance policy management
- Inflation and other issues deflating economic sentiment
- Navigating technology: Maximizing referrals and word-of-mouth marketing
- Safety first: Understanding and preventing material handling injuries
- 2024 Consumer Trends in the Food & Beverage Industry
- Storm damage insurance claims are on the rise
- 2024 Manufacturing industry overview & trends to watch
- From pronouns to planning: Special considerations for LGBTQ+ clients
- Navigating technology: Proactive client communication strategies
- Get expert insight on childcare safety
- Survey uncovers increasing risks on the roads
- Building a robust AI foundation
- Leveraging AI in insurance: Unraveling its benefits and opportunities
- Actionable AI: A guide for insurance agents
- How AI is transforming the insurance industry
- Understanding Variable Universal Life (VUL) insurance: A guide for insurance professionals
- Water damage mitigation plans are crucial to help protect human services organizations
- 2024 economic trends impacting the auto industry
- Take action to help reduce tropical weather damage
- Navigating technology: Elevate the client experience
- Distractions behind the wheel can lead to tragic consequences for businesses
- Building resilience: Why modern building codes are essential
- Survey reveals homeowners’ trends in embracing smart home technology
- 3 Ways Insurance Agents Can Improve Customer Service Amid Economic Uncertainty
- Benefits of cloud-based and SaaS technology for insurance agents
- Authenticity can help hire and retain diverse talent
- Preparing for severe weather can help businesses protect lives and property
- Navigating technology: Building client loyalty digitally
- Commercial Insurance Client Conversation Guide on Inflation
- Strategies for organizations to prevent child abuse
- 2024 trends for data analytics for insurance
- The importance of winter weather preparedness
- Addressing fleet exposure through risk management
- Transforming the insurance industry: Top technology trends and opportunities for 2024
- Multiple factors increasing commercial insurance costs
- Navigating technology: Using data for retention
- In the news: The time to modernize building codes, protect communities is now
- What is insurance API and how is it used?
- Understanding the cost of ransomware attacks and a guide to preparing your clients
- Nationwide survey: Building resilience against severe weather
- Navigating the metaverse and its applications in the P&C industry
- 5 things agents should look for in comparative raters
- In the news: Cyber needs to be a part of the standard risks an agent talks about
- Podcast: NAMIC’s Insurance Uncovered: Nationwide discusses new era of risk
- Navigating technology: Translating emerging tech into practical applications
- Staying resilient against the latest cyberthreats
- Webinar: TikTok 2.0
- Help your customers ‘keep a roof over their head’
- Webinar: Creating a social media strategy
- Non-weather water risk rising for senior living facilities
- Navigating the agency technology landscape
- How insurance agents can achieve meaningful community engagement
- Navigating technology: Insurance sales innovation that increases efficiency
- Navigating technology: Emerging data opportunities for tech-enabled insurance agencies
- Nationwide survey: widespread concern about the toll of severe weather
- 10 Effective Tips for Insurance Email Marketing
- Navigating technology: Creating digital referral partnerships
- 9 Steps to take in response to a cyberattack
- Staffing shortages create challenges for senior living facilities
- Life Insurance for Millennials
- Non-weather water damage risk rising for construction
- Navigating technology: Reducing client inquiries with the help of technology
- In the news: Redefining ‘Protection’ to Build a More Resilient Future
- Understanding data breach and liability insurance
- Video: Mark Berven and Sean Kevelighan discuss the value of a Predict & Prevent focus
- Webinar: Marketing Opportunities for Independent Agents in a Hard Market
- Small business identity theft: How to protect client businesses
- Foodborne illness: Understanding the invisible enemy
- Supporting employee mental health in the workplace
- Help employees stay safe during extreme heat
- How to Help Your Customers Increase Wildfire Readiness
- Tips on hurricane preparedness for businesses
- The Importance of Life Insurance for LGBTQ+ Families
- Navigating technology: Building niche communications that drive loyalty
- Insurance chatbots: How to improve the customer experience with AI
- How insurtech is shaping the future of workers’ compensation
- Webinar: Mid-year economic trends to watch
- Tech is a companion to great experiences
- Navigating technology: Opportunities for automation along the client journey
- Extreme Weather Impact to the Construction Industry
- Benefits of SEO for Insurance Agents
- Survey: Inflation and interest rates weigh on business owners
- Navigating technology: Data that drives action
- How to Automate Insurance Renewals
- Navigating technology: Develop cross-sell and upsell campaigns using automation
- Video: Black History Maker Raquel Tilman
- Navigating technology: Managing agent appointments
- The role we can play in preventing underage drinking and driving
- Construction Industry Outlook
- In the news: When It Comes to Protection, It’s Time to Go on Offense
- How to Approach Life Insurance Marketing
- Navigating technology: Agency change management
- Podcast: What type of landing is likely and what could be the market impact?
- Insurance sales pipeline management: How to turn leads into customers
- In the news: Stronger building standards must be the norm
- Celebrating women in the insurance industry
- Navigating technology: Mapping your agency’s processes
- Ways agents and carriers can collaborate on insurance data downloads
- Trends impacting memory care facilities
- Black consumers: a growing, strong opportunity
- Help clients start the year strong with these financial resolutions
- What is insurtech and how is it reshaping the insurance agency?
- Persistent, elevated inflation rates are driving up property costs
- Social media marketing tips for insurance agents
- Survey results examine Middle Market challenges for 2023
- Unprecedented labor shortages can present certain risks
- LGBTQ+ consumers: a business growth opportunity
- Workforce trends heading into 2023
- Navigating technology: Using data to empower the independent agency
- Navigating technology: Renewal capabilities that enable automated checks and balances
- Social Inflation and its impact on commercial insurance
- Middle Market business owners eye expense cuts if recession occurs
- Learn how clients rank their communication preferences – from text to voicemail
- A need for suicide awareness growing in the workplace
- Navigating technology: Customer service tools for a reliable and rewarding experience
- 6 Tips for Cross-Selling Life Insurance to Clients
- 5 Common cyberattacks impacting insurance agents
- The impact of inflation on commercial property insurance
- Suicide prevention awareness and human services organizations
- What to know about the current cybersecurity landscape
- Navigating technology: Agency management system capabilities for growth and retention
- Why agents should add a client portal to their website
- Best ways comparative raters assist insurance agents
- Technology success tips for insurance agents
- How to improve customers’ online experience in insurance
- Navigating technology: Quoting innovations that assist agency growth
- The future of work
- COVID-19’s impact on senior living
- What’s behind the rising cost of commercial property insurance
- Insurance agency management system (AMS) software explained
- Video: Using digital marketing to transform your agency
- Your guide to agency technology
- Let’s start with the technology basics
- Taking it to the next level
- How customer relationship management (CRM) software benefits insurance agents
- Cybersecurity considerations insurance agents can use to protect their clients’ data
- Video: Building your insurance technology foundation
- Navigating technology: How to measure agency technology
- Navigating technology: Controlling the conversation with providers
- Webinar: Navigating Digital Transformation
- Preparing your clients for Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
- Video: Harness the power of video to market your agency
- The Internet of Things could transform personal lines
- How to simplify technology decisions by asking four fundamental questions about your agency
- Video: Enhancing your website to attract and retain clients
- Taking a closer look at personal lines claim experiences
- Increasing Insurance Sales Online and Nurturing Client Relationships Offline
- Boosting Your Social Media Presence
- How to Market Your Agency Website
- Key strategies for protecting commercial fleets
- 4 technology solutions to consider for your agency
- Staying connected with customers who relocate
- Plumbing: Industry overview and trends to watch
- Attracting new talent — Rethinking your hiring strategies
- Meeting clients’ shifting expectations
- Growing Trends in Cybercrime and Identity Theft
- Webinar: Nationwide Economics Commercial Market Update
- New survey reveals middle market business owners looking for more digital offerings
- Becoming a Broker of Change
- How We’re Doing It: Using Telematics to Transform Commercial Auto Insurance
- Webcast: Agency of the Year winners on how to enhance business and client relations
- Digitization and The Agent-Customer Relationship
- Improving the customer claims experience with virtual tools
- Tips to successfully sell more life insurance
- Return to Office Tips
- Webinar: The fundamentals of surety bonds and benefits of selling more
- Mental health awareness for caregivers
- Preparing for post-pandemic growth with construction business owners
- Insurance claim innovation uses texting to speed up claim process
- Give yourself a competitive edge in Human Services
- Helping financial services clients sort through political insights and post-election noise
- Top food safety considerations for manufacturers
- Specialty Care Glossary
- Distributors and wholesalers: industry overview and trends to watch
- Preparing for the risk of cyberattacks
- Commercial auto: industry overview
- General contractors: industry overview and trends to watch
- Senior living: industry overview and trends to watch
- Excavating contractors: industry overview and trends to watch
- New survey reveals top five reasons middle-market businesses go without cyber insurance
- Food and Beverage: industry outlook and trends to watch
- Educating your construction clients about finding good subcontractors
- Webinar: Understand and prevent ransomware attacks
- Agents Can Offer Identity Theft Insurance and Cybersecurity Services
- 4 Ways Agents Can Protect Clients from Cyber Security Threats
- 4 Ways Agents Can Help Small Business Owners Amid the Pandemic
- Spotlight on Behavioral Health
- Understanding addiction and treatment counseling centers
- Understanding adult day centers and services
- Understanding child care centers and Head Start programs
- Understanding residential care centers