other insurance companies, the following are major competitors: Progressive Insurance, Travelers Insurance, State Farm, and Farm Bureau. The Allstate Corporation has a major advantage over the companies listed above for the following reason; Allstate Corporation contracts with Registered Financial Advisors to provide financial and life planning advice. Further, the companies mentioned above only employs insurance agents that lack the expertise of a financial advisor. Progressive Insurance…
Introduction When it comes to insurance, the general public does not always understand the importance of an insurance application when looking at getting an insurance policy. The insurance application is the start of the process for obtaining an insurance policy. The insurance policy is a contract between an insurer, the insurance company, and the insured, the person looking to receive the insurance, that obligates both parties of the contract to use utmost good faith. If one of the parties…
opportunities bubbling in the market. In order to capitalize the outside opportunities, one sales manager left the organization in January 2003. As the sales manager was a real performer, he was able to convince all the good performers at XYZ Moon Life Insurance to join the new company. As a result of this, the organizational structure got disturbed and the development officers, who were earlier reporting to the SM had started reporting directly to the branch manager. Now, nepotism crept in and…
their income when shocks do occur, due to the lack of available credit which is often required to compensate for low savings. When these negative shocks are experienced, reduction in consumption can often lead to severe negative effects on general health and increases trends in children being removed…
offset their losses. The positive correlation as oil price increase, jet fuel price also increase. Risk control personnel and risk manager should work closely together to decide whether or not retain the risk. With retention, CRA is considering self-insurance. They had to have enough fund to pay for the losses. It’s reflected negative change in cash flow as oil price increases and vice versa. Furthermore, they can manage price risk by using hedging or options. CRA buys the fuel from the major…
different insurances enhance your choices. Making changes where necessary helps build financial funding toward a secure retirement. The importance of a short term financial investment is to secure a financial future for…
Most of us have what would be best termed as basic knowledge of car insurance procedures and practices. That doesn’t help much when it comes time to take a new policy. Before you do, you should be ready with questions to ask when shopping for car insurance, that will help cover the finer points of a policy. The idea isn’t to get the best policy possible, or even the cheapest, but rather one that offers the best value for the money. Here are 10 questions that will help you to accomplish that…
Richardson Insurance Agency has, and will continue to further adopt the principals from Michael E. Gerber’s book The E-Myth Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work. Here is where the Format Prototype, and the Business Format Franchise, is fully explained. In its quest for expansion capital, Richardson Insurance brokers strongly urges the reader, (all funding sources), to become familiar with this concept. With an understanding of the concept the investor has a road map, a security blanket, for the…
Rules Violations The commissioner may impose penalties for violation of the insurance laws (these include the unfair claims settlement practices rules). Penalties may be imposed against both insurers and agents. Insurer (Insurance Company) Penalties In addition to license revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew a license, the state insurance commissioner/director/administrator may fine an insurer violation of insurance rules and regulations. Producer Penalties The commissioner may…
the health system for care, the pressure in the physicians practice can be overwhelming. Any physician would rather have more face time with a patient then spend time on administrative work. I do not believe Physicians “ game the system”, I think that electronic health records systems has just made it easier for physicians to document appropriately. Unfortunately, the old paper encounter could not reflect all of the complexity behind what actually happens during a visit. The electronic health…