Deep Customer Connections, Inc. Announces Upcoming Third Annual Ease of Doing Business Survey
Deep Customer Connections, Inc. (DCC) announced today that they are about to launch their third annual Ease of Doing Business (EDB) survey of independent agents all across the country. The survey gauges the overall importance of EDB to independent agents' buying decisions, establishes the importance of ten factors that comprise EDB, and rates the EDB performance of more than 100 carriers. "Our annual survey is fast becoming an industry standard," according to Paul Croke, one of DCC's founding partners. "It provides independent agents an opportunity to articulate the importance of EDB to their businesses, and it encourage progress on this critical issue throughout the industry."Ten ease of doing business factors have been identified by Deep Customer Connections, Inc., based on their work in the insurance industry.
The factors have been validated through their previous editions of the survey as well as hundreds of conversations with independent insurance agents and carriers. The factors are:1.Understanding and acting on the needs of agency personnel2.Responsiveness in underwriting3.Flexibility in underwriting4.Timely and accurate policy services5.Effective, user-friendly information technology6.Handling claims promptly7.Handling claims fairly8.Providing marketing support9.Providing insurance industry technical support10.Making it easy for the agency to do business with its customer, the insuredNort Salz, another DCC founding partner, noted that "the DCC annual survey helps carriers better understand their strengths and areas of opportunities for improvement in their relationships with independent agents. It is especially useful now that it is becoming a longitudinal study which shows carriers' performance trends over time."The survey is expected to be released via e-mail to some 40,000 independent agencies and brokerages over a 3-4 week period in late May and June, 2005. Deep Customer Connections, Inc. helps carriers improve growth and profitability by making it easier for agents to do business with them.For additional information on ease of doing business, contact Salz at 978-263-6100 e-mail protected from spam bots or Croke at 781-545-3086 e-mail protected from spam bots or visit their website at www.DeepCustomerConnections.com.
Low Rate Business Loan ? an inexpensive source of finance
Is business loan the only source of finance available to a businessperson? No, there are quite a few methods by which the businesspersons can raise cash for business purposes. Business loans have to compete with government grants, which cost nothing to the entrepreneur. For entrepreneurs who want not to use external sources of finance, they can retain a part of profits to be introduced into business. Again, the entrepreneur has to shell nothing in terms of cost. Therefore, business loan has a tough competition.
Hence, for business loan, it is not only optional but also crucial to be available at low rate of interest.
What low rate business loans outscore over the other methods is on the point of faster approval. Securing government grants is an arduous task. There are many procedures to be completed. Even difficult are the prerequisites that need to be fulfilled. The process is made so very difficult that entrepreneurs have to think twice upon taking them.
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The Aim of the Name
Large corporations spend lavish amounts seeking names for their products that grab a consumer, or convey positive feelings. Book authors do the same. As do magazine writers. So, say you are planning something that needs a name: your new company, a speech, an article, your website, your email address. STOP! Stop, and think.
Don't go with the first thing that hits you. Think about the aim of this endeavor. What are you trying to convey to those who will see or hear it? Joe Black, for example, has been selling life insurance for years, is now planning to incorporate, and needs a name for his new company. He likes the ring of Consolidated Advisors & Financial Associates Inc.---CAFAI for short. Whoa, Joe! What's the aim of the name? Is it to impress people with a long, unwieldy, impersonal, remote-sounding phrase? Or is it to convey the same reliable, personal service that Joe Black is already known for? The answer is obvious, Joe.
Incorporate under your own name. Joe Black...
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Downloads for Dollars Program Raises Needed Funds
(ContentDesk) September 3, 2005 -- "Downloads for Dollars" is a new program which will raise money for charities and notable causes. Designed by
DJ COA, it is designed to bring attention and support for those in need.Starting September 1st, anytime you download the song "From A Window"
by Slowmo on
iTunes, MSN Music,
and other services, thirty cents will go to help raise money for Alec's ABA therapy and school expenses.
Many of these costs are not covered by insurance and it is up to the family to pay the bill.Alec Langston is a sweet four year-old boy diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. 1 in 166 children are now diagnosed with autism, a frustrating disorder hindering normal development of the brain.
Autism disorders affect social interaction, sensory processing skills, cognitive functions, and the ability to communicate with others.
However, new scientific studies indicate that a combination of Applied Behavioral...
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A Step Ahead Prosthetics Goes Bionic
Hicksville, New York (ContentDesk) June 29, 2006 -- A Step Ahead Prosthetics, creator of the Skin Tones system and home to numerous world-record-holding amputee athletes, is now the first private prosthetics facility in the United States to offer the Power Knee by Ossur.
This is the first powered prosthetic knee available to above-knee amputees, and A Step Ahead is an official provider of Ossurs bionic technology.The Power Knee utilizes sensor technology combined with artificial intelligence, which gather sensory information so that the device can anticipate exactly where the prosthesis should be in relation to the rest of the users body.
By measuring motion, load, and position of the sound limb at the rate of 1350 times per second, the Power Knee walks for the amputee to produce a comfortable, anatomical walking pattern. The Power Knee gives above-knee amputees the ability to walk with better gait dynamics, allowing them to cover greater distances with less effort.
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Lobbying Firm Goes International
Chicago, IL and Washington, DC (ContentDesk) September 7, 2004 -- Lord and King/Associates (LKA) a Chicago based lobbying, consulting and law firm has entered into a joint venture agreement with Sawarn & Co,
a United Kingdom (England) based law consultancy, with strong ties to the US and India.LKA entered into the agreement, due to its long history of representing UK insurance clients, including several Lloyd's firms, and the increase number of its US clients seeking assistance in doing business in the UK and in India."Our clients and our representation is increasingly becoming borderless", S.Steven Kildaire, a general partner with LKA, stated. "Many of our clients are looking to do outsourcing deals in India and corporate work in the UK. Other clients are also looking from India to the US for export and outsourcing/vendor opportunities", Kildaire said. "It was in our best interest to establish a relationship with a premier UK firm that looks a lot like us in terms of size and...
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Private Mortgage Insurance: The Silent Fleecing
An estimated
$1.3 BILLION a year is being extracted from the pockets of hard working Americans striving to afford a house of their own.
Every day thousands are paying for mortgage insurance they don't need.If you bought a home with less than 20% down within the past few years, the housing boom may have pushed your equity over the 20% threshold, making private insurance superfluous. PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) is a hidden insurance that lenders require low-down-payment borrowers to take out.
The insurance protects the lender against default.
This hits about a quarter of all home buyers.An act of Congress on Jan.
23, 1999 requires automatic cancellation and notice of cancellation rights once the outstanding balance of your mortgage drops below 80% of the value of your home.
But one thing you don't want to do is rely on the government to get rid of your PMI. The average term of most PMI policies is 17 years (14 years longer than needed)....
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Penny Stock Trading
Penny stock aspirants need not worry too much over how they can get started. For the procedure required to be followed in the case of penny stocks is similar to those applicable to other stocks. In other words, you have to open a brokerage account.
However, actual trading in the penny stocks is not as simple as in the case of (for example) blue chip shares, because the market intelligence required to make the right investment decision is not easily available. You have to collate this information from different sources using your individual effort.
However, if you have a broker, you job is half done.
The broker can provide enough information for you to get initiated into penny stock trading. Further, you can also get insight from your broker into possible market trends in the near, short and long term. In addition, your broker can also advise you on when to buy a penny stock and when to sell that. These brokers know your specific requirement and accordingly...
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Deep Customer Connections, Inc. Announces Upcoming Third Annual Ease of Doing Business Survey
Coffee--Everything You Need to Know From Arabica to Zanzibar
With a gourmet cup of coffee costing almost as much as a luncheon sandwich these days, more and more people are making their coffee at home from an "old fashioned" drip coffee machine. Thanks to Starbucks and the other vendors out there, coffee from a can or a jar just doesn't work anymore. Coffee has become the second most valuable item of international trade, just behind petroleum. Worldwide, coffee lovers drink 2.25 billion cups a DAY! To satisfy that thirst, the world's coffee growers...
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Deep Customer Connections, Inc. Announces Upcoming Third Annual Ease of Doing Business Survey