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How to get business insurance quotes faster

* Do you find yourself not having enough time in the day to get enough done? * Do you spend too much time getting new insurance quotes for your Customers? * Do you ever feel like it takes too long? If you answered "YES" to any of the above questions, we've got solutions that can improve your life.  You really can get business quotes in under 5 minutes if you know where to go. Presenters: Jonathan Chernoff, Salomé Margvelashvili, and Ben Bailey *episode recorded live on June 17, 2021

BONUS: Productivity and Time Management Panel (Day 2 with Q&A)

This BONUS episode offers some variance to original questions with a few added audience questions toward the end. We all have the same amount of time each day, yet some people find a way to get more done than others. In this panel session during a virtual conference hosted by USLI, we cover Cal Newport's book Deep Work and share a number of useful strategies to get the most out of your day. Presenters: Haewook Lee, Ken Ferguson, Salome Margvelashvili, and special guest Ben Bailey of Union General *episode recorded live during our session on April 23, 2021

Productivity and Time Management Panel (Day 1)

We all have the same amount of time each day, yet some people find a way to get more done than others. In this panel session during a virtual conference hosted by USLI, we cover Cal Newport's book Deep Work and share a number of useful strategies to get the most out of your day. Presenters: Haewook Lee, Ken Ferguson, Salome Margvelashvili, and special guest Ben Bailey of Union General *episode recorded live during our session on April 22, 2021

Jared Bradshaw: Fighting for Trust in an Industry of Doubt

With insurance brokers on every corner in every city, competition is fierce and can lead to dishonest behavior leaving some business owners having too little insurance or complete gaps in crucial coverage. Knowing who to trust can be hard. How can you be sure if a broker has your best interest in mind or if they are just trying to make a sale? Here's some hints... If they can make the unknown simple enough for you to understand, you're on the right path. The more complicated it's made to sound, the more you should question it.  If they are willing to send your business to someone else who is better suited to meet your needs, you've got a keeper. If they don't respond timely (or at all) to your questions - RUN. My conversation with Jared Bradshaw of MaxPro Insurance in Valencia, California, is proof that good and decent brokers full of integrity still exist. Jared takes us on a journey from his early fighting career to consulting in the cannabis industry, finally landing in insurance as an independent broker building a team to help protect some of the largest and most complicated industries around. It's no surprise that his success is driven by hard work, trust, and you guessed it...curiosity.  FACT CHECKS * 2019 Ridgecrest (Searles Valley) earthquake measured 6.4 on 7/4/2019 followed by 7.1 on 7/6/2019 according to USGS.gov. * Human/Banana DNA similarities here [https://tinyurl.com/humanbananadna] or at https://tinyurl.com/humanbananadna Jared Bradshaw LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jared-beau-bradshaw-6b93a08/]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jared-beau-bradshaw-6b93a08/ MaxPro LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/maxpro-insurance/]: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maxpro-insurance/ Jared Bradshaw Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jared.bradshaw.insurance/?hl=en]: https://www.instagram.com/jared.bradshaw.insurance/?hl=en MaxPro Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/maxproinsurancesolutions/?hl=en]: https://www.instagram.com/maxproinsurancesolutions/?hl=en MaxPro Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/MaxProInsuranceSolutions/]: https://www.facebook.com/MaxProInsuranceSolutions/ *episode recorded live on January 29, 2021

Nonprofit Panel Discussion

This episode is a recording of a panel discussion that I was part of where some leading experts talked about various topics involving nonprofits. You will really feel the personal experience and passion come through in many of these responses. Trust me when I say that these are national, industry-leading experts in the their fields of nonprofit insurance. Panelists include Augusto Russell of Insurance Provider Group [https://insuranceprovidergroup.com/] in Connecticut, Colleen Lazanich of CalNonprofits Insurance Services [https://calnonprofitsinsurance.org/] in California, Robin Snider of Arlington/Roe [https://www.arlingtonroe.com/] in Indiana, Ben Bailey of Union General Insurance Services [https://www.uniongeneralinsurance.com/] in California, and led by our host Melissa Engel of USLI [https://usli.com/] in Pennsylvania.   Business Resource Center (bizresourcecenter.com) [https://bizresourcecenter.com/]  First enjoy listening...then go VOLUNTEER! *recording from live virtual panel recorded on January 14, 2021