Ed Curry has a wealth of experience evaluating insurance agencies, their owners, and personnel. In these crunch times, the advice he offers in this concise book can mean the difference between staying afloat and sinking.

Even for those not in the insurance industry, Curry's "Five Little Blocks Critique Tool" is a valuable insight. Over the course of presenting numerous seminars, Curry has discovered that those attending who rate themselves very likely or likely to implement what they've learned (consistently a total of 35%) will, in fact, be able to adapt to new circumstances, make necessary changes and achieve greater success. Change, especially lately, is inevitable. Motivation to change is difficult to achieve. Finding better ways to encourage people to put theoretical concepts into practice has far reaching implications not just in business but in all facets of life.

Frances O. Thomas, St. James City, FL
www.francesothomas.com



New book helps agency owners become more ‘recession proof’ in current economic climate

I read this book on the train while traveling from Baltimore to NYC, and by the time I got to NYC I was already formulating strategies based on Ed’s recommendations.

“Hunker Down Survival Plan” provides tips and hints for making your agency a bit more “recession-proof,” and for this small-business owner, was well worth the investment and time to read it.

Tony Ondrusek, Publisher Insurance & Financial Advisor



Very strongly recommended for professional and community library Business reading lists and reference collections, July 7, 2009

By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)

We are currently amidst what is universally acknowledged as the worst recession in American business history since the Great Depression of the 1930s. But even if we weren't, "Hunker Down Survival Plan For Business Owners" by insurance industry consultant Edward D. Curry should be considered as compulsory reading for any small business owner or corporate executive having to face the problems of balancing their budgets, cutting costs, and contemplating the sale of their business. Packed within its 124 pages is a compendium of sound advice, cogently presented, and simply invaluable for the successful negotiating of these economic hard times. Practical, insightful, thoughtful and thought-provoking, "Hunker Down Survival Plan For Business Owners" lays out things to consider and things to do within a 'real world' context. This is no ivory tower business philosophy text, but a working document that will provide tangible assistance in problem solving and decision making -- that kind of problem solving and decision making that is the basis upon which the success of any and all entrepreneurial ventures are founded. "Hunker Down Survival Plan For Business Owners" is very strongly recommended for professional and community library Business reading lists and reference collections.





I have enjoyed your book and recommend it to others, and I like your additions. What you have done is give us specific ideas to consider right now in this environment, and every agency owner should read it. Keep up the good work.

Barry K. Carper, Principal & VP
Insurance Center of Winchester, Inc.




I just got my copy of Hunker Down. I sat down and read it, cover to cover. Good Job! Every agency owner and every company man who works with agencies should read this exceedingly helpful book.

Norman Goeltz, Gainesville, GA



This is good stuff! So-o-o-o accurate & even more important, timely. I wish every local chamber of commerce in the country would promote it to their members as a major wake-up call.

Jill Melichar, Richmond, VA