Latest Agency Growth Headlines

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Combined Agents Reports Commercial Premium Growth of 64% Over Decade

Mar 30 2011 // Combined Agents of America, LLC (CAA), based in Austin, Texas, reported the group wrote more than $414 million in combined property/casualty premiums in 2010 and has increased commercial premium written by 64 percent since...

Perryman Appointed Sales and Marketing Director of Willis UK & Ireland

Jan 31 2011 // Martyn Perryman has been appointed Sales and Marketing Director for Willis UK & Ireland (WUKI), effective immediately. He is based in London and reports to Brendan McManus, CEO, WUKI. He will be responsible for...

Nation’s Fastest Growing Agencies Revealed

Dec 5 2010 // About this report: The economy and soft insurance market have continued to dampen results for many independent insurance agencies. But despite challenging conditions, some agencies have managed to grow their agency P/C...

Why Now Is a Good Time for Agency Network Growth

Nov 5 2010 // They go by many names — networks, alliances, franchises, clusters and aggregators — but all have similar goals. Aggregator groups have been around the insurance industry for more than three decades but in the past few...

AZ Court Decision Could Increase Agent E&O Premiums

Sep 6 2010 // The Arizona Supreme Court is weighing in on the state’s uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage selection form – a decision that could dramatically increase insurance agency’s errors and omissions...

How to Establish an Agency Growth Culture

Aug 18 2010 // Why is agency growth important? Agents and brokers are faced with a continued economic downturn combined with sustained soft market conditions; insurance companies continue to tier agents based on future growth;...

Smart Agents’ Growth

Aug 16 2010 // Grow or die has long been the accepted strategy for business. But look at the problems plaguing AIG or Toyota for instance, and one is left wondering why.In a new book, Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by...

How to Improve Your Agency’s Marketing Materials

Aug 16 2010 // Remember that glossy brochure that took so much time, money and energy to produce? Chances are your customers didn’t even read it — much less use it to make an informed decision about your products and...

101 Sales & Marketing Ideas

Aug 16 2010 // From … how to research and obtain referrals, why it’s important to listen to clients, what to do with social media, where to advertise and what to say … to how to use a questionnaire, court records, a...

3 Keys to Establishing a Total Agency Growth Culture

Aug 16 2010 // Why is agency growth important? Agents and brokers are faced with a continued economic downturn combined with sustained soft market conditions; insurance companies continue to tier agents based on future growth;...

3 Imaginative Approaches to Agency Marketing in the Entertainment Age

Aug 16 2010 // GEICO, State Farm, Progressive, e-surance and other major insurance marketers currently employ humor in their advertising. There’s GEICO’s prolonged use of the gecko, State Farm’s whyagent.com Web site,...

Agency Marketing Must Move Online and Beyond Yellow Pages

Aug 16 2010 // Insurance agents could be more effective with their marketing efforts by incorporating online tools into their advertising strategy. After all, online resources often are free — and they’re a good way to build...

101 Sales & Marketing Ideas*

Aug 16 2010 // From … how to research and obtain referrals, why it’s important to listen to clients, what to do with social media, where to advertise and what to say … to how to use a questionnaire, court records, a...

3 Keys to Establishing a Total Agency Growth Culture

Aug 16 2010 // Why is agency growth important? Agents and brokers are faced with a continued economic downturn combined with sustained soft market conditions; insurance companies continue to tier agents based on future growth;...

Smart Agents’ Growth

Aug 16 2010 // Grow or die has long been the accepted strategy for business. But look at the problems plaguing AIG or Toyota for instance, and one is left wondering why.In a new book, Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by...

3 Imaginative Approaches to Agency Marketing in the Entertainment Age

Aug 16 2010 // GEICO, State Farm, Progressive, e-surance and other major insurance marketers currently employ humor in their advertising. There’s GEICO’s prolonged use of the gecko, State Farm’s whyagent.com Web site,...

How to Improve Your Agency’s Marketing Materials

Aug 16 2010 // Remember that glossy brochure that took so much time, money and energy to produce? Chances are your customers didn’t even read it – much less use it to make an informed decision about your products and...

Agency Marketing Must Move Online and Beyond

Aug 16 2010 // Insurance agents could be more effective with their marketing efforts by incorporating online tools into their advertising strategy. After all, online resources often are free – and they’re a good way to build...

AZ Court Decision Could Increase Agent E&O Premiums

Aug 13 2010 // The Arizona Supreme Court is weighing in on the state’s uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage selection form — a decision that could dramatically increase insurance agency’s errors and omissions...

TV and Radio Advertising: Texas Agency Makes It Work

Aug 12 2010 // Is advertising on radio and television a cost-effective way to help expand an independent insurance agent’s book of business? It may not be for everybody, but Criss Sudduth says a one-two punch of broadcast ads have...