Latest Agency Growth Headlines

All the headlines from our Agency Growth Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Prototype Marketing Helps to Assure Your Agency’s Future

Jul 5 2004 // It always seems like the other guys are growing quickly. How about you? As each day passes, agency consolidators add new offices, banks gain experience in selling and prospecting, and a new generation of propeller-heads...

IJ East Adds Molchan as Regional Manager for Advertising Sales

Jun 28 2004 // David Molchan has been appointed as Insurance Journal’s East Region Manager / Advertising Sales. Molchan has extensive experience in business-to-business advertising sales and ad sales management at several trade...

BANG! Lets Agents Start Advertising Right Away

Jun 7 2004 // Time after time, whether it’s one-on-one or in groups, agents want to talk to us at the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas about advertising … “How do you get started? What do you say? Where is the...

PIA, GE AWS Marketing Partnership Pact for Agents

Jun 3 2004 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents announced a new marketing partnership, effective immediately, with GE Auto Warranty Services (GE AWS). The exclusive, long-term national agreement, will enable...

London American General Agency Appoints Meeker as No. Cal Marketing Representative

May 28 2004 // London American General Agency Inc. has announced the appointment of Ken Meeker as marketing representative for Northern California. Previously, Meeker held the position of underwriter in London American’s San Diego...

Maine Agents Told Markets, InsurBanc, IIABA Enjoying Spring Growth

Apr 19 2004 // Speakers at this year’s annual meeting of the Maine Insurance Agents Association didn’t let a sneaky spring snowfall get them down as they issued positive reports on markets, products, association business and...

Independent Agents’ Market Share Growing Steadily, Says IIABA Study

Mar 17 2004 // Independent agents and brokers continue to dominate commercial lines and experienced steady growth in personal lines, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) 2002 market share study.The...

Insurance Journal Promotes Ring to Vice President of Sales & Marketing

Mar 15 2004 // Insurance Journal announced the promotion of Alan M. Ring to the position of vice president of sales and marketing. Ring joined Wells Publishing, publisher of Insurance Journal Magazine and Insurance Journal Online, in...

J.D. Power: Independent Agents Expect Volume Increase With Carriers

Dec 15 2003 // Independent insurance agents expect to see an increase in the number of policies written with the majority of insurance carriers in the next year, according to the inaugural J.D. Power and Associates 2003 Independent...

Enhancing Carrier Relationships with a Sales and Marketing Plan

Dec 15 2003 // The New Year is a perfect time to reflect on how we have been running our agencies and restructure it to the way we should be running it. Business plans and sales and marketing plans are essential to proper agency...

Enhancing Carrier Relationships with a Sales and Marketing Plan

Dec 15 2003 // The New Year is a perfect time to reflect on how we have been running our agencies and restructure it to the way we should be running it. Business plans and sales and marketing plans are essential to proper agency...

Eastern Alliance Insurance Group Chooses AgencyPort to Support Valued Agents, Growth and Operational Efficiency

Dec 10 2003 // AgencyPort Insurance Services, Inc. announced that Eastern Alliance Insurance Group, a Pennsylvania workers’ compensation company, has licensed AgencyPort’s full KeyOnce(TM) Solution. The KeyOnce(TM) Portal...

Allianz Poland Increases Sales by 53 Percent

Aug 27 2003 // Germany’s Allianz announced that its Polish subsidiary “is continuing to increase its sales, growing faster than the market.” First half-financial results show an overall 53 percent increase with both...

Okla. Agent’s License Suspended Over Marketing Plan

Aug 26 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher suspended the license of a Tulsa insurance agent accused of misleading new homeowners into purchasing coverage they are not required to carry.Gary Kroll’s license was...

Milliman USA Hires Able as Director of Sales & Marketing

Aug 7 2003 // Dallas-based Milliman USA announced that Glenn P. Able has joined the Dallas Employee Benefit practice as director of Sales & Marketing. Able will have responsibility for planning and directing the marketing and sales...

Vanguard Fire & Casualty Promotes Coffin to VP, Sales & Marketing

May 12 2003 // Vanguard Fire & Casualty Company, of Winter Park, Fla., announced the promotion of Bill Coffin to the position of vice president of Sales & Marketing. In this role, he is responsible for managing the insurance...

McIntyre Group Completes Strong First Quarter Agency’s Revenue Puts Growing Firm in Top Ten Percent

Apr 30 2003 // The McIntyre Group reported today that it had completed a very successful first quarter in terms of revenue generation, new national accounts written and retention of existing business. Despite the relatively flat economy,...

Cooperative Agencies Can Increase Bottom Line

Mar 24 2003 // Whether you are trying to access major carriers’ markets for hard-to-place risks, find a way to brand your agency, or tap into the expertise of other veteran agents, a cooperative may be the way to go.Clusters,...

The Hartford Names Candy Cope Director of Stop Loss Sales and Marketing

Mar 12 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced that Candy Cope has been named Director of Sales and Marketing for Integrated Medical Solutions, The Hartford’s business unit that sells and services individual and...

Managing the Marketing and Sales Effort in the Hard Market

Mar 10 2003 // In a new series in Insurance Journal, we’ll have industry experts talk about the best ways to manage today’s agencies. In this article, Jack Fries speaks on managing the marketing and sales effort in the hard...