Uncategorized

Slip and Fall Prevention for Bars and Restaurants Slip and fall prevention is quiet work. It keeps servers moving, guests comfortable, and your busiest nights running the way you planned them. Slips, trips, and falls are among the most common claims restaurants, bars, and taverns face, and most are preventable with a routine your whole…

Megan Belter Is Wisconsin’s 2026 Outstanding CSR of the Year! Madison, WI – The Professional Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (PIA) is pleased to announce that Megan Belter, CISR, CIC, Senior Client Manager II at M3 Insurance Solutions, Inc. in Madison, has been named Wisconsin’s 2026 Outstanding CSR of the Year. The Outstanding CSR of the…

Alyssa Hobgood Named PIA National’s Young Professional of the Year Alyssa pictured with her award alongside PIA National Executive Director Mike Skiados, PIA National Past President Mark Suhr and fellow representatives from the Professional Insurance Agents of Wisconsin. Madison, WI – The Professional Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (PIAW) is proud to announce that Alyssa Hobgood…

PIA Takes Agent Priorities to Capitol Hill This week, a delegation from PIA of Wisconsin traveled to Washington, D.C., joining PIA members from across the country to bring the voice of independent insurance agents directly to legislators at Capitol Hill. During meetings, PIA of Wisconsin agents discussed federal policy issues affecting agents, their clients and…

6 Things Insurance Agencies Should Review Before Year-End December may mark the end of the calendar year, but September is a much better time to start looking at how your agency is likely to finish it. By the time year-end results arrive, many of the factors behind them are already set. A few hours spent…

A New Attack Is Targeting Microsoft Teams By: Lamar Garrett | Redbird Security Attackers are finding ways to exploit gaps, and they have moved from email to Microsoft Teams. A new attack, identified just last week, called SynkLoader, is distributed through Teams. It starts with a message from what looks like IT, asking you to…

What Makes Clients Stay with Their Insurance Agency? Winning a new client is an accomplishment. Keeping that client is what builds a successful agency. It’s easy to assume clients stay because of price, but that’s rarely the whole story. Most people expect competitive pricing. What they remember is how an agency responds when they have…

Severe Weather Hits: Is Your Team Ready? Brought to You By:    Spring and summer bring busy days for many businesses. But they also bring peak storm season: tornado warnings, high winds, flash flooding, and a whole gamut of weather that develops quickly and without much notice.  As a businessowner, you can’t control the weather,…

Create Optimism: Turning Market Challenges into Sales and Service Opportunities “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” ~Winston Churchill For insurance professionals, optimism is not wishful thinking—it is a practical discipline. Today’s clients are navigating affordability concerns, coverage questions, climate-related risk, claims frustration, and a rapidly…