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KID Tax Clearance and Digital Fingerprinting for New Producer Licenses

KID Tax Clearance and Digital Fingerprinting for New Producer Licenses The Kansas Insurance Department’s Producer Licensing division is undergoing many changes to streamline the licensing process, making it easier and quicker. The transition to NIPR on January 1, 2022, is an important part of that process. There are several other changes KID is making in…

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New Federal Flood Insurance Rating Plan to Start October 1

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New Federal Flood Insurance Rating Plan to Start October 1 The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and significant changes are coming. According to NFIP, the changes mark the first update to FEMA’s pricing methods in 50 years and are based on updated technology and FEMA’s evolving knowledge of flood risk. The following are some of…

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KAIA Partners with CareerPlug

KAIA Partners with CareerPlug Finding and hiring the right staff to maintain and grow your business is an important key to your success, and likely your biggest challenge. KAIA is now partnered with CareerPlug, our recruiting software of choice, to support all KAIA members in hiring. CareerPlug provides an easy-to-use system that automates many of…

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Assurance Partners and Keller Leopold Insurance Announce Merger

Assurance Partners and Keller Leopold Insurance Announce Merger July 28, 2021 – Assurance Partners (Salina, KS) and Keller Leopold Insurance (Garden City, KS) are proud to announce the merger of our organizations as of September 30, 2021. While each organization has experienced much success and growth, together we will capitalize on each other’s strengths and…

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Post-Pandemic Job Description Review

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Post-Pandemic Job Description Review Job descriptions affect multiple aspects of employment. An effective job description should accurately reflect the essential duties and responsibilities of an employee’s position. For many employees, job duties have fluctuated as a result of the pandemic. Employees have cross-trained and absorbed additional duties when co-workers were out of the office due…

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3 Questions to Ask Technology Partners about Client Data

3 Questions to Ask Technology Partners about Client Data In the insurance industry, client data goes through many different touchpoints, and ownership of it has long been in a tug-of-war between multiple stakeholders: the client, whose information it is; the agency, who collects it; the carrier, who produces policy data; the management system, which stores…

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Kansas to Offer Insurance Licensing Exams Online

Kansas to Offer Insurance Licensing Exams Online TOPEKA, KANSAS, Dec. 9, 2020 – Today, the Kansas Insurance Department, under the leadership of Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt and in partnership with Pearson Vue, announced that Kansas will begin offering online proctored insurance producers examinations on Dec. 15. “When COVID hit, Kansas was the first Department in…

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Top Agencies Share Success Secrets

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Top Agencies Share Success Secrets The 2020 Best Practices Study Update is available and provides benchmarking figures and an analysis of the latest financial and operating results of the study’s participating agencies. Organized by revenue size from less than $1.25 million to more than $25 million, the report is easy to use and contains meaningful information for…

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Combat Cybercrime and Protect Your Agency With Simple Security Steps

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Combat Cybercrime and Protect Your Agency With Simple Security Steps What is Cybercrime? Like traditional crime, cybercrime covers a broad scope of criminal activity and can occur anytime and anyplace. What makes it different is that the crime is committed using a computer and the Internet. You may recognize some of its most common forms such…

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If Not Now, Then When?

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If Not Now, Then When? While many of us are sheltering in place due to he outbreak of the novel Coronavirus, we can still perform many valuable services – thanks to the availability of technology solutions that allow us to serve regardless of where we are physically located.  Surely this will change the definition of…

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