Breaking Free from the Renewal Trap: Stop Funding Your Broker’s Golf Habit

2025-09-29

Most businesses get stuck in two traps: Parkinson’s Law (work magically takes as long as the calendar allows) and Stockholm Syndrome (loyalty to broken systems and brokers). Together, they hijack your benefits program and quietly torch your budget. On this episode of the Midway Business Podcast, Butch Zemar breaks down how hockey kids, CFOs, and even HR teams all fall into the same time-wasting habits—dragging their skates until renewal season forces a last-minute scramble. Your “loyalty” to an outdate...

On this episode of the Midway Business Podcast, Butch Zemar breaks down how hockey kids, CFOs, and even HR teams all fall into the same time-wasting habits—dragging their skates until renewal season forces a last-minute scramble. Your “loyalty” to an outdated process is costing six figures while your broker is out golfing.

If you’re tired of watching margins bleed while your team warms the bench, listen in and get a plan that actually wins.

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