Alex Strautman, Author at The Insurance Broker Blog

Broker Basics

How to Build a Sales Commission Plan for Your Staff

February 28, 2023 / Alex Strautman

If you own an insurance agency or want to set up your own shop in the future, one of the decisions you must make is what kind of insurance sales...

Sales & Marketing Tips

3 Strategies for Getting Large Group Insurance Sales Leads

January 30, 2023 / Alex Strautman

If you’re not routinely selling to Large Group clients, you may be unsure of what you can do to generate more business leads. To be specific, from an underwriting perspective,...

Overview of Continuing Education (CE) Credits

Sales & Marketing Tips

Monitor Your CE Credits to Ensure a Smoother License Renewal

January 13, 2023 / Alex Strautman

You already know that California, Nevada, and other states have a Continuing Education (CE) Credit requirement if you want to renew your state insurance license. Accident and Health, Life-Only, and...

Helping Answer Clients' Health Insurance Tax Season Questions

Broker Basics

Helping Answers Clients’ Health Insurance Tax Questions

January 10, 2023 / Alex Strautman

It’s nearly tax time, and some of your small business clients may be looking for answers concerning tax questions related to offering health insurance and other benefits to employees. While...

Broker Basics

Tips for Helping Clients Avoid ACA Employer Penalties

December 27, 2022 / Alex Strautman

Heading 2 Heading 3 Heading 4 As 2022 comes to an end, employers are beginning to prepare for their required annual Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting to the Internal...

Why Word & Brown

The Advantages of Online Benefits Enrollment Tools

December 12, 2022 / Alex Strautman

Word & Brown has a long history of developing and offering technology to help brokers and those you serve. After all, we introduced the first Small Group, multi-carrier quoting system...