The Making of an Insurance Warrior
Over 500 Need to Ask Insurance Questions
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The making of an insurance warrior book should be used to help broaden your insurance knowledge. Insurance costs are not going down anytime soon. So the consumer young or old needs to be savvy shoppers. They need to be knowledgeable of the insurance policy they purchase. Further, consumers need to be more knowledgeable of coverage he or she is actually purchasing. Hopefully, the making of an insurance warrior book will be used to bring confidence back to the consumer and help bring credibility back to the insurance industry. The insurance industry seems to be getting a big bully name for itself. It seems that the consumer is disenchanted and frankly mad as a rabid dog. They the consumer believe they are not getting the real bang for the buck they should. Whether costs seem just out of sight or claims not paid or coverages not available on the policy there seems to be no peace or middle ground. It very obvious the insurance companies are fighting for everything they can fight for and the consumer likewise is fighting for all he or she can get. The more serious about becoming an insurance warrior by gaining knowledge and confidence only has the power to create change. You the consumer have the potential ability, confidence, and knowledge to force change. Becoming a confident and knowledgeable insurance consumer with a savvy shopper attitude is what becoming an insurance warrior book is all about.
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About the Book
My sincere and heartfelt motivation for writing this book has risen out of and because of the stressful economic conditions facing individuals and families of today. The last twenty years of my life have been devoted to serving clients as their insurance agent. I have worked to match needs and wants with the financial budgets that were before us and available at the time. However, I have come to realize and witness that the industry I love, worked in, and was educated in is one of many industries that are causing economic stress in the family today. The vision I have for this book is to help equip you as a consumer before purchasing any and all types of insurance. I don't intend to make you an expert, but I do intend on sharing with you the knowledge I have gained over the last twenty-four years. My intention for the book is to be an easy read with thought-provoking questions. I have included the questions for the purpose of helping you ask the right questions. When purchasing insurance, you have to ask questions and not feel like the questions you are asking are dumb or do not apply. Further, my vision for the book is that it will help consumers young and old be confident when making their insurance purchases. Also, I have shared some hypothetical situations that are simple, to the point, and in some case real life. Further, I hope the book will convey a real-life message to readers before something actually happens to them. Hopefully this book might create a picture in their minds that could save their lives or save them time and money. You as a consumer are purchasing an intangible product when you buy insurance. Insurance is a product that cannot be touched or seen. Another goal for this book is to give the consumer some tangible information to make the right decisions when purchasing insurance from their local insurance agent or buying online from someone he or she does not know and cannot see. Most importantly, my intentions for the book are to help the insurance consumer be most informed and knowledgeable, for knowledge is power.
About the Author
The experiences as a farm boy growing up in northern Iowa along with loving and devout parents helped to mold me into who I am today. As a small token of my appreciation for all their years of hard work and dedication through good times and bad I would like to dedicate this book to them. My life began February 24, 1960, in rural farming community in northern Iowa. That year I have been told was a hard winter year with massive amounts of snow. The things that come to my mind as I went through the early years of my life where how dedicated my parents were to the farming career. Most all breakfast, lunch, and dinner conversations consisted of serious talk of the economics of farming, both good and bad. As I look back on the early years in northern Iowa, I have to say I am thankful to have gone through those years. My parent's dedication, persistence, and hard work rubbed off on me as I made it through my adolescent and early adulthood years. The dedication, persistence, and hard work that my parents had during my early years have been a business and personal model used in my everyday life since then. I have seen many rewards from dedication, persistence, and hard work beginning with my graduation from high school in 1978. Next came graduation from an area community college with a degree in auto body and painting in 1979. Finally, the most gratifying was graduation from Drake University with a four-year business degree in insurance and finance in 1993. That dedication, persistence, and hard work that I was taught at an early age in northern Iowa by two modest, hardworking people --my parents --is still part of my life today. The last twenty years of my life have been focused on building an insurance agency in my local community of Bettendorf, Iowa: Keith Kauten Insurance Agency Inc. To all of you that allowed me the opportunity to be your insurance agent, I say thank you with a sincere, heartfelt thanks. To: Ken and Lenora, Ernie and Carol, Mary, Zachary, Peter, Melissa, Leah, Sarah, Deb, Diane, Denise, all significant others, grandkids, nieces, nephews, and all other family members, I love you.