Insurance Agency Optimization was written by a multi-line insurance agency owner, for multi-line insurance agency owners. It was written to help agency owners understand that they are not alone. The reality is almost nobody who owns an insurance agency ever planned on owning an insurance agency. Once upon a time I was a highly successful salesperson, or sales manager, or corporate executive or somebody special in some other field. Then, I got sick of working for somebody else and I thought it would be awesome to own my own business, create my own schedule, make tons of money, travel the world and golf a lot. So I opened my own insurance agency. The problem is insurance agency owners who jumped into this industry during the 21st century have a much different looking opportunity than those who came before them. It's still a tremendous opportunity, but the rewards aren't realized until several years of dues are paid. This book was written to save agency owners time and money as an alternative to present day trainings and seminars which offer quick fixes, silver bullets and shortcuts to success; none of which exist. Insurance Agency Optimization uses simple, easy to understand mindsets, systems and processes which have worked in all sales industries since the beginning of time. This book focuses on the common denominators all successful agencies share. Readers will learn to consistently focus on daily disciplines which increase levels of health, happiness and overall productivity. You'll be given the essential mindset required to win each moment so you can win every day. And it will provide you and your teams with the tools required to dominate your market and ultimately work so efficiently your competition cannot even be compared to you. The insurance business is simple, but it's certainly not easy. You recruit, hire, train, educate and continuously motivate highly productive team members. You get to know your prospects by having conversations which uncover needs and then you offer the best possible solutions to satisfy those needs. Sounds simple, but again...it's not easy. This book was written and The Positive Impact Club was developed to make your life as the proud owner of a multi-line insurance agency much easier and will put you and your team on the right path to: Recognize and optimize every customer opportunity within every interaction each and every day Stand above and ultimately eliminate your competition Create a winning office culture with personal and team accountability Plan, prepare, track and ultimately WIN every day Implement a simple, repeatable sales processes to uncover multiple customer needs within one relaxed conversation EARN more referrals, ELIMINATE wasted marketing dollars and RETAIN more customers than ever before Become the happiest, healthiest and most productive version of yourself Perhaps you didn't fully understand what you were jumping into when you opened your insurance agency. And chances are you often times feel overwhelmed, confused or frustrated. The good news is you are not alone. The better news is there are proven ways to improve your results spelled out in this book. The best news is, this book will show you how to close the "knowledge/action gap." It's great to know things, but without action knowledge is useless. Insurance Agency Optimization will challenge you to take one, two or three key components that best suit your agency and implement them immediately. The strategies shared in this book are proven to work and grow your business regardless of where you are today. After reading Insurance Agency Optimizationand joining The Positive Impact Club the only regret you'll have is that you didn't know all of this sooner!

You're in the insurance business, and you're searching for a breakthrough. Maybe you're a new agent and feel overwhelmed by the task ahead of you. Or maybe you've already been in the business for several years, and you're doing pretty well, but you've hit a plateau. Whatever the case, you're looking for a way to put your business on the path to continuous growth. If this sounds like you, you're in the right place. The Breakthrough Insurance Agency shows you how to build a successful agency from the ground up. Moreover, it gives you the keys to break out of the stagnation rut many agents fall into after they're established. Using his acclaimed agency-building process, top insurance agent Bart Baker walks you through the ten key steps of creating an agency that give you the results you've been dreaming of. You'll learn how to set a powerful vision for your business, fund continuous growth, maximize your success with the 3M Breakthrough System and the Gap Elimination Process, set up departments that work, structure a compensation plan that serves you and your employees, and ultimately transform your agency from a quote shop into a referral shop. It doesn't matter what stage of the game you're at. As long as you are truly motivated to create a bigger and better future for yourself, you can shave years and years off of your journey to getting you and your family to where you aspire to be. The Breakthrough Insurance Agency will show you how to make it happen."

Continuous-Time Models in Corporate Finance synthesizes four decades of research to show how stochastic calculus can be used in corporate finance. Combining mathematical rigor with economic intuition, Santiago Moreno-Bromberg and Jean-Charles Rochet analyze corporate decisions such as dividend distribution, the issuance of securities, and capital structure and default. They pay particular attention to financial intermediaries, including banks and insurance companies. The authors begin by recalling the ways that option-pricing techniques can be employed for the pricing of corporate debt and equity. They then present the dynamic model of the trade-off between taxes and bankruptcy costs and derive implications for optimal capital structure. The core chapter introduces the workhorse liquidity-management model—where liquidity and risk management decisions are made in order to minimize the costs of external finance. This model is used to study corporate finance decisions and specific features of banks and insurance companies. The book concludes by presenting the dynamic agency model, where financial frictions stem from the lack of interest alignment between a firm's manager and its financiers. The appendix contains an overview of the main mathematical tools used throughout the book. Requiring some familiarity with stochastic calculus methods, Continuous-Time Models in Corporate Finance will be useful for students, researchers, and professionals who want to develop dynamic models of firms' financial decisions.

Having a strong digital presence is critical for insurance agencies today! And with the seemingly endless number of marketing companies espousing their strategies, and tactics where do you start? The 7 Pillars of Digital Marketing for Insurance Agencies is the answer to increasing and improving your online visibility. This book is a reference tool to deliberately and intentionally get found by more customers. The 7 Pillars of Digital Marketing for Insurance Agencies Website Content Email Online Ads Video Social Media Reviews / Testimonials These are the foundational components to robust digital marketing strategy. Today most folks looking for insurance services and/or products rarely (if ever) open up the yellow pages to find someone to help them with their needs. Instead, these folks ask their friends, coworkers, and family members but it doesn't stop there. After they learn about who you are, they're going to look you up online. Will they find you? If you're not on the first page of Google, Bing, or Yahoo search you may never be found and may never be called by those searching for your insurance products and services! While the 7 Pillars can be implemented independently they are most effective when you take a continuous cross channel promotion approach. When reading the 7 Pillars of Digital marketing you will gain insight on valuable marketing topics like: On Page Search Engine Optimization Title Tags Meta Descriptions Heading Tags Internal Links External Links Broken Links Image Alt Tags Keywords The Importance of Mobile Optimization Creating Content Calls to Action Lead Magnets Duplicate Content Problems Creating Email Campaigns Managing Your Email List The Five Phases of Email Marketing Why and How to Use Online Ads Video Creation Tools Video Platforms and a lot more... BONUSES Every chapter closes with free resources to download and use that will support you in your online marketing efforts.

Do you know that starting an insurance agency is probably one of the best business ideas? Do you want to know . . . How some startups created billion-dollar-plus, insurance-based companies in the last 5-10 years? The secrets behind building a multimillion-dollar insurance agency? How to scale up an insurance agency profitably? How to cut through the noise in the market and differentiate your business? How to leverage technology to rise above (be seen and heard) the myriad of agencies around you and compete with both local and online agencies? How to build a team which carries your mindset to take care of clients and grow your business?If you are interested in learning about these topics, then you are at the right place. You can either spend years/thousands of dollars figuring things out for yourself or read this book and get wisdom from successful agents and thought leaders at top insurance agencies. I have interviewed Chris Paradiso, Mike Stomsoe, Mark Vitali, Ryan Hanley, Ryan Deeds, Kelly Donahue-Piro, Joe and Gina Clevenger, Nick Lamparelli, Tony Canas, C.J.Nolan, and dozens of other thought leaders and collated their wisdom in this book. This book will provide you a playbook which you can use to start, build, and scale up an insurance agency.

Since its initial publication, this text has defined courses in dynamic optimization taught to economics and management science students. The two-part treatment covers the calculus of variations and optimal control. 1998 edition.