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Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance Adds 5 Midwest Agencies

Apr 23 2012 // The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced it signed five new agencies in the Midwest during March.The new Midwest agencies are: Mraz Insurance Services of Mokena, Ill.; L&K Insurance Products of La...

California Earthquake Authority Kicks Off Second Marketing Program for Agents

Mar 5 2012 // The business of selling earthquake insurance to homeowners may have just gotten a bit easier.The California Earthquake Authority has launched its annual “Marketing Value Program,” in which the quasi-private...

California Earthquake Authority Kicks off Second Marketing Program for Agents

Feb 21 2012 // The business of selling earthquake insurance to homeowners may have just gotten a bit easier.The California Earthquake Authority has launched its annual “Marketing Value Program,” in which the quasi-private...

Reagan Survey: Organic Growth and Profitability Continues to Improve for Privately-held Insurance Agencies and Brokerages

Feb 14 2012 // Atlanta, GA, 02/12/12 – Reagan Consulting released its 2011 year-end Organic Growth and Profitability Survey (OGP Survey) results today. The OGP Survey, now in its fourth year, is a real-time indicator of quarterly...

Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance Adds 4 South Central Agencies

Feb 9 2012 // Four South Central independent insurance agencies joined the Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance in January. The new agencies are: Iron Property Insurance Agency of Houston; Parks Agency of Big Spring, Texas; Huckleberry...

West Agencies Help SIAA Grow By 47 in January

Feb 7 2012 // Several agencies from the western region joined Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance in January, pushing its number added to 47 for the month.Of January’s signed members, 33 are liberated “captive agents”...

Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance Adds Six Member Agencies in East

Dec 7 2011 // The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) added six new member agencies in the East region in November. The new member agencies are: The Highbeam Group of Cherry Hill, N.J.; Geraci Agency of Clinton Corners, N.Y.; ENV...

Tips for Agents Handling Claims

Nov 21 2011 // ClaimsJournal.com Editor Denise Johnson understands the claims business. She spent the last 14 years examining property/casualty claims for prominent insurance carriers nationwide. Johnson offered some advice for agents...

Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance Adds New Member Agencies in East

Nov 18 2011 // The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) added eight new member agencies in the East region in October. SIAA added 45 new member agencies nationwide last month. The new members in the East region are: Cosgrove...

Nevada Young Agents Group Grows the Old-Fashioned Way

Oct 17 2011 // The Nevada Young Agents Committee started out small with a young insurance agent collecting and passing out a few cards around the state, and it’s now a rapidly growing organization that has garnered a bit of...

How Agency Technology Drives Profitable Growth

Oct 17 2011 // Profitability and growth continue to be the drivers of independent insurance agency valuations, and leading agencies around the country are using new ways to produce profitable growth.“You cannot have strong profits,...

Nationwide, Harleysville CEOs Reassure Agents: Merger All About Growth

Sep 30 2011 // The merger of insurer Nationwide Mutual with regional carrier Harleysville Mutual is all about growth, not only for the companies but also for their independent agents, according to the CEOs of the two...

UK’s Collinson Appoints Scott Wholesale Sales and Strategy Director

Aug 23 2011 // The London-based Collinson Insurance Group has appointed Steve Scott to the newly created post of Wholesale Sales and Strategy Director in a move aimed at expanding its wholesale division. Scott joins Collinson from...

Combined Agents of America Named State Auto’s Fastest Growing Agency

Jul 19 2011 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has been identified as the fastest growing agency in terms of sales growth and profitability with insurance partner State Auto Insurance Co. CAA is State...

Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. Takes Home 3 Insurance Marketing & Communications Awards Including 2 Best in Show

Jul 6 2011 // San Diego, CA, 07/06/2011 – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. was thrilled to have received three awards from the Insurance Marketing and Communications Association (IMCA) at the Annual Meeting and Showcase Awards...

Why Agencies Should Use Management Systems to Drive Value, Increase Profits

Jul 4 2011 // More than 25 years ago, not long after I started out in my dad’s agency, I found my way to my first agency automation user group meeting. I went because, fresh out of college, my dad agreed that I probably knew more...

Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) Adds 6 Agencies in Midwest

May 9 2011 // Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced that six new independent agencies in the Midwest have joined the alliance. They are among 21 new members that SIAA signed in April.Of April’s signed members, 18...

SIAA Grows by 21 Agencies in April 2011

May 6 2011 // Hampton, N.H., based The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced 21 new member agencies in April. Of April’s signed members, 18 are liberated “captive agents” new to the independent agency...

3 Ways Boat Insurance Can Help an Agency Increase Sales

May 2 2011 // Over the past few months, the boat industry has shown signs of life. Boat show attendance has been steadily rising, and a major boat manufacturing executive recently declared, “The worst is over.” Now could be...

Health Care Market’s Explosive Growth Offers Agents New Professional Liability Opportunities

Apr 18 2011 // The world of professional liability can be a foreign place for many agents and brokers alike.The policies vary from carrier to carrier so no universal form is used as the standard insuring agreement. Terminology such as:...