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PREVIEW THE BOOK
Excerpt from Chapter 3
Kermit, the Wizard of Oz and The Royal Hangover
Excerpt from Chapter 5
Death Ground
Excerpt from Chapter 11
Ice on the Wing, the Angels May Sing
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
Gene Reiling writes:
"In The Insurance Wars, Tompkins tells every mistake he made and how
he solved those mistakes to build his agency from scratch into the
powerhouse it is today. In The Insurance Wars, the 'how not to'
is as important as the 'how to'..."
-Western Dakota Insurors
Rapid City, SD
Bruce E. Cook writes:
"I started reading it at four in the afternoon, and
finished it at midnight...Iwish I read it 30 years ago; it would have saved
me literally millions of dollars."
-Aloha Insurance Services, Inc.
Kailua Kona, HI
WORDS OF WISDOM
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If your marriage is shaky, probably having
your wife help you in business for no wages is a bad idea. |
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Do no count on a loan until you are certain
you have one. |
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Network, network, network: when you are done
doing that, network some more. |
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Snowmobile racing can be hazardous to your
marriage. |
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Do not ignore good technology, even if you
are hard up for money. |
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Advertising can be fun and does not have to
cost you an arm and a leg. |
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If good employees show up on your doorstep,
hire them, even if you do not know if you can afford them. |
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You can still do handshake deals in the Old
West. |
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About the
Book Chuck Tompkins, the CEO for
Western Agency, Inc., has been in the trenches as an Independent Insurance
agent for over 30 years. This book is not just about how he created
and grew his agency from scratch to the powerhouse it is today; it is also
the story of a person learning how to bootstrap a business. In it
Tompkins tells the many mistakes that he made as well as his secrets of
success. The Insurance Wars is a very unique book and is a
"must read" for anyone in business for themselves.
Everyone is purchasing insurance in one form
or another and yet so few of us actually know much about it. It is
impossible to read The Insurance Wars and not be able to save money
on your own insurance program. In addition, the reason we have
all purchased insurance is to protect ourselves in times of catastrophic
loss. Yet, once again, we are all so helpless when claim time comes.
The Insurance Wars talks extensively about losses and how an agent
should be helping you the client get the best possible claim service you can
possibly receive.
The Insurance Wars is a hard hitting,
solid, commentary on small business today and in particular, the Insurance
Industry. It is a quick read, will save you money, and will make you
laugh out loud.
Buzz about the Book
| Insurance: everyone's buying it; this book
demystifies it. |
| There is information on the insurance
industry in this book that you simply cannot get anywhere else. |
| If you are in business for yourself or are
thinking of going into business for yourself, you should read this book. |
| If you have ever been in debt up to your
eyeballs with nowhere to go, you should read this book. |
| If you have ever made a major purchase on
a credit card and had to haggle with the credit card company to raise your
credit amount to pay for it, you should read this book. |
| And finally, if you own or operate an
Independent Insurance Agency, you should FOR SURE read this book. |
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INSURANCE WARS
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
(800) 735-4955
The Insurance Wars
408 20th Ave. SW, Suite 101
Minot, North Dakota 58701
info@theinsurancewars.com
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
 Chuck
Tompkins, CEO Western Agency, Inc., is a 31 year veteran of the insurance
business. Chuck started his career as a captive agent in 1973 for Farm
Bureau. In 1976 he started his own independent agency, Western Agency,
Inc., which has seven offices, seventeen employees, and writes over $12,000,000
in premiums excluding workers compensation insurance. Although Western
Agency, Inc. writes all lines of insurance, they specialize primarily in
contractors and farms. They are the largest single farm agency in North
Dakota insuring over 900 farms in the state at this time. Chuck and his
wife, Linda, live on a farm southeast of Minot and have six grandchildren.
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