Here are five more tips to help members get more value working with peers through ICMG. These ideas will boost your networking presence throughout the entire year: 5 – Blog: The new ICMG blog is written by, for and about members. It’s new, and it focuses only on topics that members care about. The ICMG [...]
Seven of 10 insurance executives look to their peers to find their next strategic alliance opportunity, found a sample of insurance professionals conducted by Inter-Company Marketing Group (ICMG). Events such as the ICMG annual meeting and other industry gatherings are the next-most-frequent place to look for strategic alliances, cited by 56 percent of respondents. Likewise, industry peers [...]
F2F is important even to the internet generation. Was interested to read in today’s NYT that the Instagram/Facebook connection came about through traditional F2F networking. As ICMG has shown over and over, the relationships that develop over years can lead to unanticipated results. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/14/technology/instagram-founders-were-helped-by-bay-area-connections.html
ICMG is all about the deal. But once a carrier and distributer agree to do business, then comes the part of contracting the agency and their distribution with the insurer. Face it: Carriers do not utilize standard agent appointment and contracting documents. We understand how and why contracts differ, but don’t all carriers collect relatively [...]
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