Agency Management

Insurance broker Hub International Ltd. will expand its operations in the South with the acquisition of First Southeast Insurance Services Inc.

Insurance broker Hub International Ltd. will expand its operations in the South with the acquisition of First Southeast Insurance Services Inc.

Are you afraid to travel? Just as vacation season begins, the media bombards with concerns about travel safety, with many worried that traveling in the U.S. will become more dangerous if al-Qaeda tries to retaliate for last month’s ambush and killing of Osama bin Laden.

Independent agents gave The Travelers top honors as the best overall commercial carrier in a 2010 biennial study of agents’ opinions of U.S. commercial carriers. The Flaspohler Research Group conducted the survey of 250 agents in partnership with National Underwriter.

At a concert in Atlanta this spring, Colin Meloy, the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Decemberists, led the audience in singing a few lyrics. "Maybe you shouldn’t pursue a career in this," he jokingly said. "Maybe you should go to work in insurance."

Continuing our discussion of how to apply a disciplined process to handling financial matters, we now turn from credit policy to the other four areas that need to be addressed.