Entrepreneurial and business skills such as finance, management, marketing, sales and administration, have nothing to do with insurance expertise but everything to do with making the business successful. (iStock) Entrepreneurial and business skills such as finance, management, marketing, sales and administration, have nothing to do with insurance expertise but everything to do with making the business successful. (iStock)

Running a successful business requires certain business skills; running a successful insurance agency requires certain insurance skills. The trick is to combine both skill sets so that your business, which happens to be in insurance, will succeed.

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