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How Long Should You Keep Client Documents? Insurance Agents and File Retention

January 3, 2023/in Insurance /by Bobby Slotkin

Can you shred those old client documents aging in the back closet of your office? As an insurance agent moving to a new office, or perhaps just doing some spring cleaning, you may wonder what duties the law imposes on your handling of client documents in your possession. More specifically, how long does the law […]

There’s (Once Again) No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

January 3, 2023/in Insurance /by Bobby Slotkin

A few weeks ago I had lunch with an old friend from law school. We sat at the same table where we’d poured over our law books in the 90s. We ate the same, sizzling fajitas we’d enjoyed while quizzing each other during final exam week. Now, instead of comparing notes and lecture summaries, we […]

HB 1059 Gives Guidance On Compensation for Value-Added Services

January 3, 2023/in Insurance /by Bobby Slotkin

Can independent insurance agents in Georgia be compensated for value-added services? The answer to that question has long been a topic of keen interest. House Bill 1059, titled “Insurance; Unfair Trade Practices and Unlawful Inducements; Provide for Exclusions,” provides some much-needed clarity and excludes certain actions of insurers or insurance agents from being considered unfair […]

Leave the Puffing to Pastries and Blowfish

January 3, 2023/in Insurance /by Bobby Slotkin

We know words have consequences. Knowing where to draw the line between sales and advertising on the one hand, and actionable misrepresentations on the other, can be the difference between a growing business and a bankrupt one. If you cross that line you might be euphemistically writing checks your business cannot cash.[1] We often think […]