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Church Insurance Renewal Planning

Posted by on October 12, 2019 at 5:17 pm

Start Planning Your Next Commercial Insurance Renewal If you own or manage a business and have an insurance renewal coming up, you most likely are not preparing for it, but you should. Now is the time to connect with your broker to start the planning process. Here are a few tips to help you get […]

How an Agent Can Go From a Vendor to a Trusted Advisor

Posted by on September 16, 2019 at 5:03 pm

My goal in these articles is to create a dialogue among agents and insurance buyers about the differences between being a vendor and becoming a trusted advisor. This concept starts with how insurance is viewed. Insurance cannot be viewed as a product, but rather a relationship. Insurance buyers need to understand that the insurance relationship […]

Church Insurance

Posted by on May 22, 2019 at 2:21 pm

Property Insurance When your ministry’s property is damaged, destroyed, lost, or stolen, your ministry suffers financially and in other ways. Brotherhood Mutual’s property insurance offers protection for physical items—from songbooks to steeples. Liability Insurance Liability insurance fills the gaps and protects your ministry’s people and finances. Brotherhood Mutual offers a wide variety of liability coverage […]

Top Human Resources Issues For Churches

Posted by on April 18, 2019 at 4:53 pm

Top Human Resources Issues For Small Business We live in a rapidly changing world. These changes include how we manage and lead employees.  Recent studies by Human Resources professionals identified a number of challenges facing employers of all sizes. Retaining and developing top performers– As the workforce gets older, finding ways to attract younger employees […]

Insurance Is About Peace of Mind and Trust

Posted by on April 12, 2019 at 4:49 pm

We have been telling readers that we believe insurance is more about trust, relationships, and value than it is about a policy.  A recent article in PropertyCasualty360.com, by Brent Kelly confirms this concept.  For many people, buying something tends to be both emotional and financial.  With insurance, some people may buy a brand or base […]

How We Put People Before Policies

Posted by on March 26, 2019 at 4:47 pm

We have used “How We Put People Before Policies” as our tagline for many years.  We use it because we truly believe that people are more important than policies.  However, a tagline is meaningless unless it is put into practice.  Here are a number of ways we carry this out this concept every day. Each […]

What Should Be In Your Employee Handbook

Posted by on March 12, 2019 at 4:48 pm

Any organization with more than one or two employees should consider creating a written employee handbook outlining non-contractual employment terms and working conditions. Having an employee handbook ensures everyone in the organization is operating from the same set of procedures.  All employees should be asked to acknowledge in writing their receipt of the employee handbook […]

New Year’s Resolutions For Your Church

Posted by on January 25, 2019 at 7:35 pm

New Year’s Resolutions For Your Ministry As we move into 2019, we wanted to provide you with our “business insurance resolution checklist”.  We suggest that you go over this list to verify that you have the best possible coverage for your business. Building a solid company in today’s competitive and fast-moving world takes time, commitment, […]

Why Your Church Needs Directors & Officers Insurance

Posted by on January 11, 2019 at 7:30 pm

The primary role of nonprofit directors and officers is to maintain financial stability and provide the necessary resources, direction, vision, and environment to accomplish the goals and mission of the organization.  The unique nature of nonprofit organizations presents directors and officers with difficult challenges in performing this role. Most churches operate on very tight budgets.  […]

Church Board Failures

Posted by on November 18, 2018 at 6:46 pm

Being selected to serve on your church board is a great honor. It can be a rewarding ministry and provides one of the most valuable services to the body. Serving on a church board can really have a meaningful impact but also have some dangers. We have seen many boards get caught in traps, and […]