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Making The Transition To Brokerage
By Barry HigginsMaking The Transition To BrokerageByOne of the biggest challenges that tied producers face when they make the transition to operating as an independent broker is ...
April 01, 2003
Cobalt Hires Sales Development VPNU Online News Service, April 1, 2003, 2:28 p.m. EST -- Cobalt Corp., Milwaukee, has hired Peter Frittitta to be vice president of sales ...
April 01, 2003
Block That Spam!If you don't like to get junk e-mail, try Choice-mail. Choice-mail is a small company, and its eponymous application has 5,000 users. It's not a...
April 01, 2003
Be Careful What You Wish ForIspend much of my time talking about, writing about, and counseling advisors on the advantages of forming ensemble firms. So when my friend and former...
March 26, 2003
ClarkBardes Promotes BrockhurstNU Online News Service, March 26, 2003, 1:19 p.m. EST -- Clark/Bardes Inc., Barrington, Ill., has promoted Les Brockhurst to president of its executive ...
March 23, 2003
Recruiting Recent College Grads For Advanced Markets Can WorkRecruiting Recent College Grads For Advanced Markets Can WorkBySan Antonio Can an insurance agency realistically expect a recent college graduate to come on board and ...
March 16, 2003
Seeking Solutions For The Recruiting CrisisSeeking Solutions For The Recruiting CrisisByWith agent retention levels at all-time lows, its becoming harder for parties on both sides of the recruiting equation to ...
March 16, 2003
Ideas For Recruiting During A Producer ShortageIdeas For Recruiting During A Producer ShortageByImagine James Montgomery Flaggs famous World War I recruiting poster; now replace Uncle Sam with an insurance company executive ...