August 21, 2023
Insurance Journal West Magazine

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101 Sales, Marketing & Agency Management Ideas; Markets: Private Client, Non-Profits

In this Issue

• Features
  Washington Dollar Tree Store Fined for Worker Safety Violations
  Dollar Tree in Washington faces $132,000 in fines for reported work...
• Features
  California Firm to Pay $1M for Selling Devices to Thwart Truck Smog Controls
  A California company will pay $1 million for violating federal...

National Coverage

• Editor's Note
  Being Flexible
  The search for good talent continues throughout the insurance...
• Features
  Global Insurance Prices Continue to Moderate in Q2 With Exception of Property: Marsh
  Global commercial insurance pricing rose 3% in the second quarter of...
• Features
  Industry Rails Against Federal Climate Disclosure Bill
  Recently introduced federal legislation that would require insurance...
• Features
  Agency M&A Down 24% in First Half 2023: OPTIS
  Investment banking and financial firm OPTIS Partners said the count...
• Features
  Big ‘I’ Report: Independent Agency Channel Slowly Growing
  The independent agency channel is holding ground and showing slow,...
• Features
  Study: Motor Vehicle Thefts Soar in First Half of 2023
  During the first half of 2023, vehicle thefts soared while most other...
• Features
  Is Automation the Answer to Microbusiness Insurance Profitability?
  Could self-service and digital quoting and binding be gamechangers...
• Features
  Nonprofits and Risk Management
  When you ask the internet what a nonprofit organization is, you get...
• Features
  Risks & Opportunities in Emerging Cannabis Products
  New cannabis products like gummies, drinks and new consumables bring...
• Features
  Private Clients Need More Than the Standard Coverage – From Baseball Cards, Sneakers, Jewelry, Cyber and More
  When it comes to helping high net worth (HNW) clients get optimal...
• Features
  101 Sales, Marketing & Agency Management Ideas
  1. Network with Your Competition. They will often have no appetite...
• Features
  A Renewed Approach to Recruiting and Retaining Talent
  In the past three years, we've experienced the height of a global...
• Features
  Facts Are Friends
  Recently, a carrier's representatives walked into one of my client's...
• Features
  The Price Is Wrong
  If you're shopping for insurance online, with apologies to Bob Barker...
• Features
  Dodging Distractions: Focus on Relationships for Long-Term Agency Success
  Life has never held more opportunities for our attention to be pulled...
• Features
  Why Employers Need Options in Return-to-Work Programs
  Lost time claims can lead to increased workers' compensation premiums...
• Features
  The Fast Path to Agency Growth
  As an independent agency owner, you have tremendous potential to grow...
• New Markets
  My New Markets
  Commercial Marine Risks Market Detail: Charter Lakes Marine Insurance...
• People & Places
  People & Places
  National Miller, an independent specialist re/insurance broker,...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  National Marsh McLennan Agency, Graham Co. Marsh McLennan Agency, a...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  Seltzer Water High "Maybe having a 10-milligram THC-infused seltzer...