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Manage Risks Beyond Insurance with Employment Practices Liability I know that being a great business owner means more than just having the right insurance coverage - it's about minimizing risks proactively. That's why Allstate offers Employment Practices Liability to protect your company from employee-related lawsuits plus access to risk management resources like: • HR best practice guides • Employee handbook templates • 24/7 legal helpline Managing HR risks goes hand-in-hand with insuring them. Call Breck Insurance Services / Allstate Insurance today to learn more about EPLI and Allstate's risk management services. Let's work together to protect your business on all fronts. Even the most diligent business owner faces liability. But the right insurance and risk reduction resources can give you confidence in your workforce while preventing costly claims. Connect with me to help protect what you've built.

Manage Risks Beyond Insurance with Employment Practices Liability I know that being a great business owner means more than just having the right insurance coverage - it's about minimizing risks proactively. That's why Allstate offers Employment Practices Liability to protect your company from employee-related lawsuits plus access to risk management resources like: • HR best practice guides • Employee handbook templates • 24/7 legal helpline Managing HR risks goes hand-in-hand with insuring them. Call Breck Insurance Services / Allstate Insurance today to learn more about EPLI and Allstate's risk management services. Let's work together to protect your business on all fronts. Even the most diligent business owner faces liability. But the right insurance and risk reduction resources can give you confidence in your workforce while preventing costly claims. Connect with me to help protect what you've built.

What’s more important: revenue or culture. Here’s the scenario… You have a star insurance producer. They have the largest book in the agency. However, they’re a cancer to your culture. They’re numbers are impressive, but they treat the team like sh!t and no one wants to work with them anymore. Keep them or let them go? I’ve seen this scenario play out dozens of times within an insurance agency. I’ve seen agencies put culture first and show the producer the door. I’ve seen agencies put revenue first and give the producer a corner office so no one bothers them. What do you think?

🔒 Protect Your Business, Leaders🔒 or 🔒 Protect Your Business Leaders🔒 (who knew a comma could be so important??) 🤷♂️ Running a small or midsize business comes with its own set of challenges, and protecting your business and leadership team is crucial. Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance is designed to safeguard your business leaders from personal losses if they are sued as a result of serving as a director or officer of your company. One of the most common sources of claims against directors and officers is employee lawsuits. These can arise from a variety of situations, including: Wrongful Termination: Employees may claim they were unfairly dismissed, leading to costly legal battles. ⚖️ Discrimination: Allegations of discrimination based on race, gender, age, or other protected characteristics can result in significant claims. 🚫 Harassment: Claims of workplace harassment, whether sexual or otherwise, can put your leaders at risk. 🛡️ Retaliation: Employees might allege they were retaliated against for whistleblowing or reporting misconduct. 🔍 These types of claims can be particularly damaging because they often involve sensitive issues and can attract public attention, potentially harming your company's reputation. In addition to employee lawsuits, other common sources of D&O claims include: Regulatory Actions: Government agencies may investigate or bring actions against your company, holding your leaders accountable. 🏛️ Shareholder Suits: Shareholders may file lawsuits alleging mismanagement or breach of fiduciary duty. 📉 Customer Claims: Customers might sue for misrepresentation or failure to deliver on promises. 📋 Competitor Actions: Competitors could allege unfair trade practices or intellectual property infringement. ⚔️ Without D&O insurance, your business and its leaders could face significant financial and reputational damage. Protecting them means protecting the future of your business. Don't wait until it's too late. Talk to your Westland Insurance Group Ltd. broker today about how D&O insurance can provide the coverage your business needs. Ensure your leadership team can focus on driving your business forward with peace of mind. 🌟 #SmallBusiness #MidSizeBusiness #DirectorsAndOfficersInsurance #RiskManagement #BusinessProtection #InsuranceBroker

Are you wondering why Bob's new client keeps copying the entire team when you've been working with them for months? 📧 It's because it's how you've trained them to work with your firm. Are you frustrated with the long list of open items new clients bring? It's time to accept that new clients come with baggage. 🧳 Many Client Service colleagues have difficulty getting excited about new business and I understand why. They're juggling demanding workloads and nonstop changes in compliance, initiatives within their firms, and tough market conditions. 🤹♀️ And yet...we have to negotiate to find ways to say yes. Everyone within a firm contributes to growth and benefits from new business ...even those of you without a sales goal. Some healthy tension will exist between Sales and Service until the end of time. But teams need to pay attention or they can get out of alignment quickly. When teams get out of sync, new clients and valuable longtime relationships pay the price. It also adds unnecessary stress and friction to stretched-thin colleagues. Your favorite insurance carriers have a smooth implementation process. Can you say the same about your firm's onboarding process? Do you have a process? Leverage those critical first 90 days and establish a sustainable framework for a productive partnership. For your viewing pleasure...⬇️ Two minutes from our Account Manager Academy New Business module. This is one of eleven modules and what's on the agenda with over 75 of our participants over the next two weeks. GenuineShift We build client service teams to help insurance brokers grow. Clients hire you to be led.™ #womenininsurance #employeebenefits #insurancebrokers

Drum roll please...say hello to Orwell (Optimizing Reductions While Eliminating Loss-cost Leaders). Attention Agents, Carriers and Business Owners: Zenjuries' world-class, client-facing, Workers' Compensation claims management services is expanding to include ALL lines of commercial claims. Commercial General Liability = ✅ Commercial Auto/Truck = ✅ Commercial Property = ✅ D&O, EPLI, Cyber = ✅ ALL Other = ✅ Our flagship application that has been transforming the Work Comp landscape for the past several years is now expanding to nurture and guide users through all their Commercial Insurance claims journeys. Sure, we still dominate the Work Comp claims space. Workers' Compensation was (and is) the hardest line of claims to wrangle. But now that we've built the one app to rule them all in the WC space 😀, it's time to help deliver in the other lines of promises made as well. Insurance is a promise. Buyers and sellers agree to conditions upfront and wait for the delivery of those promises when claims arise. Zenjuries' claim concierge services delivers those promises in a new and fantastic way. We know that carriers struggle to meet their client's expectations when claims happen. We also know that claims management is almost always commercial agencies biggest weakness (even those with in-house claims departments). Partnering with Zenjuries as the delivery mechanism for better outcomes is the answer for today's complex systems. Promises delivered 💯 ! The time to partner with Zenjuries Claim Concierge is now. #welcomeagents #welcomecarriers #welcomebusinesses #welcomehome

🙏 Thinking of all the Insurance Account Managers and Executives everyday preparing for their never-ending To Do List! 👇 They literally could make a ''Post-It Suit'' with the mountain of work (most of it admin) to be done. 🔓 Help your team break free from the Manual Admin shackles today! 🙃 Your team, your people do NOT enjoy the burden of manual insurance administration. 😢 Can you blame them? Would YOU? 🚀 There is a better, more efficient and accurate way. 🤝 Support your people by giving them the technology and tools to make their lives and jobs more enjoyable and easier! 📈 Retain and attract the best talent and watch your business and your people thrive! Happy Employees = Happy Clients (it's a no brainer). 🌟 Get in touch with me directly if this resonates. #insurance #insurtech 

Manage Risks Beyond Insurance with Employment Practices Liability I know that being a great business owner means more than just having the right insurance coverage - it's about minimizing risks proactively. That's why Allstate offers Employment Practices Liability to protect your company from employee-related lawsuits plus access to risk management resources like: • HR best practice guides • Employee handbook templates • 24/7 legal helpline Managing HR risks goes hand-in-hand with insuring them. Call Caren Adams' Allstate Agency today to learn more about EPLI and Allstate's risk management services. Let's work together to protect your business on all fronts. Even the most diligent business owner faces liability. But the right insurance and risk reduction resources can give you confidence in your workforce while preventing costly claims. Connect with me to help protect what you've built.

New York Life #1 Employer for Tech Talent in insurance industry. New York Life doesn’t just rank among the top employers for tech talent — we're proud to hold the top spot within the insurance industry! Discover how New York Life fosters innovation and supports tech professionals in their careers. #TechCareers #TopEmployer #TeamNYL

Most insurance agency professionals would agree that the relationship between sales and service is critically important to both internal and external wins. Unfortunately, most agencies don’t have a specific process or strategy to align sales and service. We teach a specific process around building high performance teams with the same goal, while having an appreciation, respect, and trust of the different roles. When agencies adopt this mindset, strategy, and consistent behaviors, it is an absolute game changer in both culture and results. This is the first step of a four step best version possible process for insurance agencies. Thanks to Billie Jo Galle for sharing your agency’s experience in building high-performance teams.