Last updated on: June 26, 2026Quick Answer: Summer travel can affect your life insurance application — but it rarely prevents you from getting covered. Domestic travel and trips to most popular destinations have no impact. Travel to a small list of high-risk countries can lengthen underwriting or trigger an exclusion. The simplest move: get covered before you book...
June 15, 2026
Small Business Insurance Eligibility Guide for Independent Agents
For independent agents placing small commercial accounts with Coterie, you can use this small business insurance eligibility guide as a high-level overview of our appetite to pre-screen...
June 15, 2026
Small Business Insurance Eligibility Guide for Independent Agents
For independent agents placing small commercial accounts with Coterie, you can use this small...
May 21, 2026
Small businesses are increasingly becoming targets for cyberattacks, phishing scams, ransomware, and data breaches because they often lack dedicated IT teams...
How fast can agents get a business insurance quote online?Â
Through Coterie, agents can receive bindable small business insurance quotes in under 2 minutes for eligible...
The Four Seasons of Small Business RiskÂ
Winter: Property Damage and Slip-and-Fall LiabilityÂ
Winter is expensive for small businesses. Water and freezing damage is the number-one small business property...
April 3, 2026
A certificate of business insurance (or COI) is one of the most important documents your business will be asked to provide and one of...
March 27, 2026
An insurance agent needs to bind a general liability policy before their client’s lease signing tomorrow. With traditional carriers, that’s 2-5...
March 19, 2026
Insurance agents advising small business clients frequently face a foundational coverage question: Should this client purchase General Liability insurance or a Business Owners Policy (BOP)?Â
General Liability insurance covers...
March 6, 2026
Small businesses don’t all face the same risks. A freelance designer working from a laptop has very different insurance needs than a bakery with ovens,...
Last Updated: June 29, 2026
Written by: Chris Greene, Flood Insurance Guru
Two flood insurance quotes can look almost identical while providing very different protection. Learn how policy definitions, exclusions, foundation types, and claims experience can affect the policy you...