Agent & Broker

The 2022 tornado season is upon us, and it’s expected to be even busier than last year. So, policyholders need help.

I am convinced that  "we're free" are the two most damaging words in a broker's vocabulary, yet we see and hear them all the time.

For this month's interview, I chatted with Yamini Bhat, founder and CEO of Vymo, which just raised $22 million in Series C funding for its software that helps sales teams in financial services improve their productivity. 

If an old-line family business in Mexico could build a game-changing dashboard more than 25 years ago, why not agents and brokers everywhere in today's digital world?

For brokerages that intend to participate in fast-emerging opportunities, the future is now. It’s time to carpe diem. 

A lot of other people are leaving the industry, too, or considering doing so as part of the general reevaluation of work that the pandemic has caused these past two years-plus.

As vice president of the Agent & Broker Group at The Institutes Fausnacht leads the client-relationship management efforts by serving as chief advocate for insurance brokers.

There is a huge range of opportunities that are still untapped, just waiting for creative, research-driven, passionate agents to capitalize on.