Successful insurance agents are involved in their communities and therefore discover profitable opportunities to meet potential insurance leads. Have you considered these possibilities? Go to local networking events. There’s a lot to be gained from making connections at various events in your area where businesspeople of all stripes get together to trade business cards, schmooze [...]

In insurance marketing, one of the best ways to let customers know that you really do care about their concerns is to address their objections in ways other than just to dismiss them. Alleviate the problem, and you can progress. Lots of times, agents will hear an objection like “I need more time to think,” [...]

Two million Aviva with-profits policyholders will have their annual bonuses frozen but will benefit from a rise in final bonus rates, following a 12 per cent increase in the value of its main fund in 2010. The regular bonus rate for Aviva’s new business bonds will remain at 2.75 per cent and the regular bonus [...]

It happens to every parent – your children grow up, get educated and fly the nest. Some fly further than others. If your son or daughter is starting a new life abroad, for a short time or much longer, you’ll no doubt have mixed emotions – happiness for them to be doing something so exciting [...]

If you have booked a holiday to Egypt or another Middle Eastern country, then what are your travel rights? Is your travel insurance valid? What has the foreign office said about travel to the region? The foreign office has advised against all but essential travel to Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Suez. However, this advice does [...]

Travelers can have MEDEX complaints if a claim is denied or if they are not satisfied with the service they have received.  When this is the case, and the policy was purchased through Squaremouth, the traveler has an advocate on their side.  This is because every policy comes with the Squaremouth Zero Complaint Guarantee.  This [...]

Add up the cost of your upcoming vacation and don’t stop at the cost of the flight and the hotel. Calculate excursion bookings, resort reservations, non-refundable tickets to shows and pre-booked transport. How much did you invest? And the question is – could you afford to lose it? Trip cancellation insurance is triggered by a [...]