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What is an MGA in Insurance?

Lightico

These tasks can include binding coverage, underwriting, settling claims, and appointing retail agents in a certain region. Insurance MGA’s, or Managing General Agents, perform many tasks that typical insurance companies normally handle. But what is an MGA, and how can it be helpful to an insurance company?

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A quick guide to sales analytics (+ key sales metrics to watch)

Zendesk

For example, California is much larger and more populated than Delaware, so you’d likely aim for higher sales in California. This is an important metric for retail businesses to look at when monitoring the supply chain and competitors. Sell-through rate. The sell-through rate assesses how quickly a business can sell its inventory.

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Intercom on Product: The dawn of a new decade

Intercom, Inc.

It’s one of the craziest retail experiences I’ve had in a long time. Meanwhile a bunch of traditional retailers are building out their online capabilities and so perhaps these things are all going to meet in the middle in some way. ” So in I went, and the store’s wild. This is New York. It’s on Broadway.

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