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The Intelligent Broker Newsletter |
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Our team of professional underwriters work closely with retail agents to produce a one stop-shop for the insured. We accomplish this by placing coverage with some of the top carriers in the marketplace. |
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How Can Halcyon Help You? |
At Halcyon Underwriters, our teammates are dedicated to assisting agencies in growing according to their vision. We value our partnerships, which stem from our trustworthiness and high-performance mentality.
To obtain an affordable price is not our only goal. Halcyon recognizes there are multiple elements to consider when it comes to meeting the specific needs of our customers.
We have consistently applied this work ethic for over 35 years!
We advise new insurance brokers unable to satisfy the qualifications of a standard carrier contract to contact Halcyon Underwriters to get appointed. We can accommodate your business with our grand market accessibility, specialty programs, and affordable pricing through A-rated admitted and non-admitted carriers.
Halcyon offers coverage for all lines as a whole package or a monoline policy. With Halcyon, there are no fees required to access such markets. Our team is ready to serve your creative solutions tailored to your business.
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Latest on Commercial Insurance |
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Nationwide’s Big Growth in
Small Commercial
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Nationwide’s Small Business Market has proven to be miraculously competitive in today’s market. A variety of classes have shown more recent success along with their modified businessowners policy product. Before we dive into the details, it is essential to acknowledge one crucial question, “How does Nationwide identify small commercial business?” |
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Commercial Market Movement in 2021 |
Market expertise, putting together complete submissions, and selecting knowledgeable partners with access to available capacity are essential components to maneuvering in this challenging commercial environment. This year has shown similar movement as the end of 2020, with “rates increasing, nuclear verdicts, stricter underwriting, and increased cyber threats” [1]. Construction risks have also been affected by such conditions. Also, due to the pandemic, Cyber Liability seems to have a more intricate process for quoting. As you may have encountered, the Umbrella market has taken a hit from the start of the pandemic, and circumstances suggest the same trend for the remainder of 2021. So, you may be thinking, what changes should we expect from the market environment this year?
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The Rising Cost of Homeowners Insurance:
2021 Market Trends
Our Personal Lines team is dedicated to helping you protect your customers’ homes and secure their future from environmental forces outside of their control. In doing so, Halcyon must be transparent with our retail agents to properly inform our mutual customers. It is essential to know how exactly homeowner’s insurance is priced, the reason behind the inflating costs, and what premium saving options are available. Several market trends have affected these unfavorable changes, which will go into further detail in our webinar with Chubb on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021.
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Do you have an account you want us to review? Contact Sarah Cadle, our Vice President / Personal Lines Leader, at 321-527-2192.
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As an exclusive Halcyon agent partner, we invite you to join Chubb and us to learn more about how the market trends in 2021 have affected the rising costs in personal lines insurance, the reasons behind these trends, and how your customers can save more on the coverages they need. |
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Date: Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. EST
Location: Online (Webex)
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"Quote" - what does this mean?
An estimate made by an insurance company of the cost of coverage and cost of a policy.
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Team Member Spotlight: Paige Shaw |
The relationship we have with our agent partners is very important to us. While we work with you on a day-to-day basis, we thought you would like to know a little information about one of our hardworking teammates.
Halcyon would like to introduce you to Paige Shaw, a Small Business Assistant Underwriter.
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"Success is part opportunity, skill and luck."
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Years at Halcyon: 3 years
Years in Insurance: 16 years
First Job: Web programmer at Barry University.
Favorite Movie: The Golden Child / 80’s Fantasy, Comedies, Detective movies.
Favorite Vacation spot: Any city with cool temps and lots of history like London.
Little-known fact: I love stand-up comedy and improv.
Advice for Success: Success is part opportunity, skill and luck. Work on your skills, look out for opportunity and hope you get lucky.
Bucket List Item? Traveling more around the United States, Europe and Canada.
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Hobbies: Building computers and exploring new restaurants with my daughter.
Pet Peeve: Having to wait. I’m very time-oriented.
If I’m not at work, you can find me…. Going on an adventure with my daughter.
If I wasn’t doing this, I’d: be working in technology as either a coder or business analyst.
What influenced you to join insurance: Insurance encompasses every aspect of business, such as marketing, finance and law. I like the problem solving and having the ability to experience a little bit of everything. Insurance is always changing, so you’re always learning.
What would your perfect day consist of? Leaving the day with no emails in my inbox.
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Visit our website to review our monthly Success Lists for each of our underwriting departments: Middle Markets, Small Business, and Personal Lines. These are a great source to view our target classes each quarter. Check them out now! |
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Due to the current circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic all community events
have been cancelled until further notice.
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Have you updated your records with our new office address?
555 Winderley Place, Suite 420
Maitland, FL 32751
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Agency Bill Payments Only can be sent to:
Halcyon Underwriters
P.O. Box 931817
Atlanta, GA 31193-1817
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Overnight Address:
Lockbox Services (931817)
Hull & Company LLC (Halcyon)
Lockbox # 931817
3585 Atlanta Avenue
Hapeville GA 30354-1705
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Why Halcyon? Watch the video to find out the reasons our teammates choose Halcyon as their "Broker of Choice". |
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Halcyon Underwriters
555 Winderley Place, Suite 420
Maitland, FL 32751
TEL - (407) 660-1881
FAX - (407) 660-0525
TOLL FREE - (800) 393-9090
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