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AM BestTV Presents The Entrepreneurial Agent/Broker: Programs That Produce

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In AM Best’s four-part series, “The Entrepreneurial Agent/Broker,” top industry leaders will discuss how tomorrow’s insurance coverages, business models and risk strategies get their start, often in the field crafted by innovative agents and brokers.

This segment examines how identifying, launching and maintaining a successful program business is a combination of creativity, strong relationships and focusing on defined niches. A panel of veteran program business leaders explains what guides them and how they gauge insurer support—as well as how to move into the program sector and assess prospective opportunities.

Watch now: www.ambest.com/review/agentbroker.

Panelists include:

  • Geof McKernan, founder, NSM Insurance Group;
  • Heidi Strommen, president, ProHost USA;
  • David Springer, group president and chief operating officer, NIP Group; and
  • Joel Cavaness, president, Risk Placement Services.

AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in New York, London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit www.ambest.com.

Copyright © 2020 by A.M. Best Company, Inc. and/or its affiliates. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Contacts

Lee McDonald
Group Vice President, Publication & News Services
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5561
lee.mcdonald@ambest.com

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Contacts

Lee McDonald
Group Vice President, Publication & News Services
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5561
lee.mcdonald@ambest.com

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