This week on the show I have Nick Schlekeway who founded and owns Amherst Madison which is one of the fastest growing real estate brokerages in the country. Nick landed his company on the INC Magazine’s 5000 fastest growing companies in the country at 715. Nick gives a really solid interview and has a lot […]
Welcome to Season 5 people!!! To kick off this season I have brought on Matt Pipkin who has an important journey to share. He founded Speak Your Silence in 2012. Matt recognizing the magnitude with the problem of sexual abuse and the deep role it plays in so many other social issues. He became frustrated […]
Bike vs. car. You read that right. Not car vs. bike. I recently had a claim filed where the cyclist hit the car (no serious injuries thank God), and not only that, the cyclist was TICKETED for failure to yield. The cyclist did have some minor injuries. The car was damaged and the person driving […]
I had a conversation with a client that wasn’t pleasant due to a denied claim. This is a battle that I will continue to fight and it is one of the main reasons I write on this blog and record podcasts and videos. My industry does a terrible job of educating our clients on how […]
I get calls in my office once in awhile from clients who want to know how their pricing on auto insurance is determined. This simple question does not have an easy answer. There are dozens and dozens and dozens of factors that are taken into place to price a policy. You know many of them. […]
I have been an agent since 2004 and every week, I get to learn something new. I continually get questions I haven’t heard before. The latest question I had to answer from a client, was “If my dog brings in a skunk and the skunk sprays inside the house, is there any coverage for that?” […]
This may be a ludicrous parallel to draw, but I think it will make a point. I recently saw the movie “Hacksaw Ridge”. It’s a nearly unbelievable story about an American soldier in WWII who singlehandedly, saved 75 men in one battle without carrying a weapon. During the night, he sneaked around the battlefield, riddled […]
Many of your insurance policies have two lines of coverage called “medical” and “liability”. The coverage offered inside of these are similar, but they are triggered in different ways. In this podcast I discuss the difference between the two. With medical, generally, fault does not come into play. With liability someone has to be liable. […]
One thing insurance companies care greatly about is who was at fault or who is liable. This comes into play in almost all types of claims, especially auto insurance claims. This podcast helps explains how fault is determined. I also discuss what steps you should take if you are in an accident on a […]
If you run a business, lease space and did a buildout, there is a specific way to make sure that buildout is covered. It all comes down to how it is dictated in the lease. If you did a buildout, who owns the buildout? It depends. The lease SHOULD tell you if the buildout is […]
