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Passenger Vans Carry Loads of Potential Risk for Nonprofits
Nonprofit organizations wear many hats, and sometimes one of those includes “chauffeur.” From transporting volunteers to a conference or staff to an outreach event, vans offer a convenient, budget-friendly way to move people from point A to point B. But they also come with serious safety considerations, and overlooking them could expose nonprofits to liability claims and lawsuits. Let’s dig deeper into 15-passenger van safety to understand the safety guidelines and...
A Hardening Insurance Market Signals Changes for Business Owners
At the start of 2019, insurance industry analysts predicted market hardening, but the pace and severity of the changes is such that the impact being felt in the third quarter is much greater than was anticipated earlier in the year. The publication Business Insurance in June reported reinsurance rate increases of up to 30 percent, which is an...
Get to Know Your Insurance: Insuring Jewelry
Get to Know Your Insurance: Insuring Jewelry Along with the excitement of the winter holidays and the New Year, lots of things could be changing in your clients' lives. Did a client get engaged? If an expensive ring or other precious jewelry came into a client's life, you should have a talk with them about protecting their newly acquired...
Winter Temperatures: Know Your Weather Risks
Winter Temperatures: Know Your Weather Risks In most areas of the country, winter means colder weather. Frigid temperatures, slippery ice, and frozen pipes aren’t the only things to worry about. Hail and wind can cause a lot of damage. Be sure you are aware of these cold weather risks and take steps to prepare for them. Cold weather Cold...
Level up Your Agency!
Take Your Small Insurance Agency to the Next Level If your agency has been around for a while and you feel like numbers and leads are flat, consider making a few changes. People like companies that are exciting and engaging. Follow these tips to start getting out your message in new ways that can help attract and keep clients. Standing Out Stand...
Back to the Roots: Classic Insurance Marketing Methods
Old Marketing Tricks That Still Work Being fully immersed in the digital age, it can be easy to forget the basics of traditional marketing. Remember that some of the most effective ways to market don’t always have to be about email, SEO, and social media. Here are few traditional marketing methods that can freshen up your way of doing things....
3 Tips for Preventing Water Damage in Self-Storage
Protect Your Stored Valuables from Water Damage Water damage is no joke. Flooding and water damage is not a concern only for people in coastal regions. No matter where you are, water can find its way into a self-storage unit. Here are three ways to help protect stored valuables from potential moisture and water damage. Insurance Self-storage...
MiniCo Insurance Agency Introduces Cyber Insurance Program For Small And Medium-Sized Businesses
MiniCo's enhanced sports and activity insurance program provides expanded coverage and features a newly streamlined agent portal for self-service quoting and binding. MiniCo Insurance Agency has introduced a cyber insurance program to provide monoline coverage for small and medium-sized businesses for costs resulting from a data breach by the...
Storage Unit Fire Hazards and Fire Prevention
Are Your Clients Aware of Fire Risks? Fires can be a very serious risk for self-storage units. While your clients may be responsible storage tenants, the tenant in the next unit may not be. Self-storage facilities do not provide insurance for your clients' items stored in the rented unit. They need to provide their own insurance coverage to...
Insurance Agency Management: 3 Ways to Improve Employee Productivity
Agency Management: 3 Ways to Improve Employee Productivity As a busy agency owner, it’s critical that your employees have the ability to work independently and productively, allowing you to focus on sales. The following are four ways you can increase agency productivity without having to hire additional staff. Establish a basic training program...
4 Ways to Keep Books Safe While in Storage
4 Ways to Safeguard Books Kept in Self-Storage Units Whether someone is in the middle of a move or has outgrown capacity at a current location, there are many reasons for people to put books in storage. And, although books aren’t as fragile as breakables, they are vulnerable to humidity, insects, mold, and other hazards. If you have clients who...
5 Self-Storage Tips to Utilize During the Hot Summer Months
5 Warm Weather Tips for Self-Storage Every year, approximately 40 million people in the U.S. relocate, with more than 50 percent moving during the summer months. Those contemplating a big move while the days are longer and the kids are out of school may have a need to put some of their personal property in storage. Here are five "good-to-know"...
4 Ways to Improve Your Password Strength
4 Ways to Improve Your Password Strength Your agency’s information is only as safe as the security measures you practice. A key element of information security is practicing password habits to insure no one except authorized employees will have access to secure information. Here's how to improve your password strength. Passphrase Password check...
Email Like It’s 2018: Part 1
Email Like It’s 2018: Part 1 It’s not 1990 anymore. Of all the tech that has come and gone in the past 20+ years, email is still here. Emails are being used every day in every industry and in many ways. You are probably already using email to communicate to your clients and leads; however, are you doing it right? This is part one of two posts...
A New Way to Post Content: The Facebook 2018 Update
A New Way to Post Content: The Facebook 2018 Update Facebook has recently been making a lot of headlines. Controversy over the personal information they collect and how it’s used has sparked Facebook to change many of the ways they run ads. A lot of brands and advertisers are worried about how this will affect their content. The answer is to keep...
A Written Narrative Can Help Clients Manage Their Insurance Costs
May 2018 A Written Narrative Can Help Clients Manage Their Insurance Costs When it comes to writing commercial insurance for self-storage businesses, there are many risk characteristics that underwriters evaluate to calculate the premium. Some of these, such as geographic location, are beyond the property owner's control. However, there are...
Organize Your Daily Content to Enhance Relevancy
Organize Your Daily Content to Enhance Relevancy The content you write and when it’s posted has a significant impact on how your audience sees your agency. Your website is the main source of content. Your emails and social media accounts provide different avenues that lead to your site. You want the information you share to be relevant and to...
Is Your Website Mobile-Friendly?
Is Your Website Mobile-Friendly? It is essential to be mobile-friendly. These days practically everyone has a smartphone or some sort of device that connects to the internet. You need to get your content out to where your clients are: the internet. Is your website mobile-friendly? Mobile-Friendly Mobile version of website Responsive and adaptive...
The Internet of Things: Privacy Concerns for the Self-Storage Industry
The Internet of Things: Privacy Concerns for the Self-Storage Industry The internet is everywhere these days, not just on your computer or on your phone. Everyday household objects are becoming internet equipped. These are the “Internet of Things.” It can be as simple as a coffee pot that turns on when you program it to, or the smart TV in your...
RFID Technology for Your Insurance Agency
Is RFID Technology a Good Fit for Your Insurance Agency? RFID (radio-frequency identification) is a technology that tags objects with an electromagnetic field. This means they do not require an internal power source. Objects attached with an RFID tag can be tracked, scanned, monitored, and hold key information. You may have heard of this...
Using Drones for Business Operations
Using Drones for Business Operations Not that long ago, drones were a sci-fi fantasy: amazing and cutting-edge technology that only the military or the ultra-wealthy could afford. Now that drones have become more affordable, they are being utilized in intriguing ways by a number of industries. Claims adjusting Product delivery Automated tasks...
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