Preventing the Winter Chill from Damaging Your Home (or Your Client's)
Reducing Risk to Your Home in Severe Winter Weather While it’s widely known that slippery sidewalks and snow-covered cars aren’t the only concerns when winter weather sets in, many home-owners are not sure what precautions to take when temperatures drop to best protect their home and belongings. While you can’t… [Read More]
Wild Fires: Six Checklists for Safety Before, During and After a Blaze
Wildfires often begin quietly and then spread quickly, igniting brush, trees, and even homes. You can reduce your risk by following these tips. Before a Wildfire Occurs: Home Construction Houses with wood-shake roofs are particularly vulnerable to flying embers. Use fire-resistant roofing materials such as tile, composition shingles, metal or… [Read More]
Concorde General Agency Purchases Insurance Facilities, Inc.
We are pleased to announce that effective December 1, 2014, Concorde has purchased the entire book of business from Insurance Facilities, Inc. of Sioux Falls, SD. We are excited at the chance to build friendships with our new business partners and deepen our relationships with our current customers. As of… [Read More]
Think Outside of the Box with Your Rental and Seasonal Business
Many insurers shy away from a seasonal or rental property because coverage can be "outside of the box" of what they are comfortable with. Through Concorde you have access to American Modern's DP-3 Program, which gladly accepts and is well equipped to handle such property. The coverage is comparable to… [Read More]
Top Reasons to Insure a Collector Vehicle with a Specialty Policy
Agreed Value - We'll work with your customer to determine how much the vehicle is worth and insure it for that amount, so there are no surprises in the event of a total loss. Cost - A specialty policy is not necessarily more expensive. American Modern often beats standard auto coverage pricing… [Read More]
Trouble Placing Welding Accounts? We Have Markets for Tough-to-Place Risks.
Whether you're remarketing a welding account due to market shifts or finding that a risk is just too large for your standard markets to consider, we have options. Our underwriting expertise and wide variety of A Rated carriers allow us to provide competitive surplus lines quotes for accounts of all sizes.OUR… [Read More]
Admitted vs. Non-Admitted - Concorde Writes Both Excess & Surplus and Standard Commercial Insurance
Because we write such a wide variety of accounts, we feel it’s important to help our agents understand the different types of programs available. If you have any questions on how to navigate these options, please call us at 1.800.726.1611, option 4. Admitted or Standard Lines Business: An admitted carrier is… [Read More]
Help Your Customers Understand the Importance of Insuring Properties to Value
Although insurance to value (ITV) has always been a concern, it’s now more important than ever to understand the insurance coverage required to rebuild. Recent trends like the increasing frequency and severity of weather events and skyrocketing construction costs underscore the significance of ITV. So does the fact that an… [Read More]
