Latest Agency Growth Headlines

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

Risk Strategies Acquires New Jersey’s KRA Insurance Agency

Dec 1 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired full-service brokerage firm KRA Insurance Agency Inc. Included in the transaction is KRA’s wholly owned subsidiary, KRA...

AgentSync Launches AutoPilot, Pairing Leading Technology with Always-on Partners to Unlock Growth for Carriers & Agencies

Nov 16 2021 // AutoPilot revolutionizes insurance licensing services by pairing modern technology, deep expertise, and high-touch service, powering growth for agencies and carriersDENVER, CO – November 16, 2021 – AgentSync, the...

Risk Strategies Acquires South Carolina’s Hibbits Agency

Nov 5 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty broker, announced it is expanding into South Carolina with the purchase of Mount Pleasant-based Hibbits Insurance agency. Hibbits, with offices around the state, will become part of...

Patriot Growth Grows with Acquisition of Another Florida Agency

Sep 30 2021 // Patriot Growth Insurance Services, less than three years old, has added a Florida firm to its army of insurance agencies around the country. The company, which calls itself one of the fastest growing national insurance...

Agencies Ride Commercial Prices, Reopened Economy to Record Organic Growth

Aug 17 2021 // Buoyed by the hard market and rebounding economy, Independent insurance agents and brokers grew overall by 7.1% in the second quarter, surpassing the 6.9% organic growth reported eight years ago in the second quarter of...

101 Sales, Marketing & Agency Management Ideas

Aug 16 2021 // 1. Be Excellent. Create or sponsor an award for excellence for an organization or individual in an industry or community you serve.2. Get Published. Start a magazine for your niche market. 3. Volunteer. The hand that...

Submit Your ‘Best’ Tip for Sales, Marketing & Agency Management

Aug 5 2021 // Want to be a part of Insurance Journal’s 101 Ideas issue? Submit your best tip or advice for agency owners and their staff today to be a part of Insurance Journal’s annual 101 Sales, Marketing & Agency...

Allstate CEO Strategy: More Independent Agents But No More ‘Human Modems’

Jul 5 2021 // Allstate Corp. wants to buy more independent insurance agencies this year to build the business it acquired with its purchase of National General, Allstate Chief Executive Tom Wilson told Reuters last month.But the agents...

Allstate CEO Strategy: More Independent Agents But No More ‘Human Modems’

Jun 24 2021 // Allstate Corp. wants to buy more independent insurance agencies this year to build the business it acquired with its purchase of National General, Allstate Chief Executive Tom Wilson told Reuters on Wednesday.But the...

How Agents Can Help Construction Clients Prepare for Post-Pandemic Growth

Jun 21 2021 // Nearly a decade of continuous construction industry growth was halted in 2020 as the industry battled direct and collateral effects from COVID-19. According to Nationwide’s recent Agent Authority research,...

8 Tips to Increase Your Agency’s Surety Bond Business

Jun 18 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety.There’s a significant surety revenue stream hiding within the average independent agency’s book of commercial business. Need clues? Here are eight...

Louisiana Accuses Alabama Agency, Owner of Fraudulent Marketing, Submissions

Apr 16 2021 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) has issued a cease and desist order to a Birmingham, Ala., insurance agency, Senior Care Services LLC, alleging the company uses false or misrepresentative facts and information...

Hub Acquires Assets of Ohio’s Benefit Strategies Agency

Mar 4 2021 // Chicago-based global insurance brokerage, Hub International Limited (Hub), has acquired the assets of Benefit Strategies Agency LLC and Financial Strategies Agency LLC (collectively, Benefit Strategies Agency),...

Grow Big or Go Home; 5-Step Evidence-Based Hiring Process to Help Your Agency Grow

Feb 8 2021 // Each bad hire can easily cost you $100,000 to $200,000. However, quality producers can add $1 million of annual revenue to the agency (which nets most owners around $150,000 to $250,000 in profit.)There’s a lot of...

Sales Management & Producer Goals During COVID-19

Dec 21 2020 // Every insurance agency client we have today is seeing producers struggling with new production because of COVID-19 restrictions. They are used to cold calling and getting in front of prospects and that has been difficult,...

Texas Warns Agents, Brokers Insurers Against Deceptive, Misleading Health Plan Marketing

Dec 3 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued a reminder to insurance companies, agents, and marketers of discount healthcare programs that materially misrepresenting the terms and conditions of an insurance policy or...

Zurich Insurance Reports Sales Growth, Higher Rates, Modest COVID-19 Claims

Nov 12 2020 // Zurich Insurance Group saw increased commercial lines insurance sales and a modest impact from COVID-19 related claims for the first nine months of the year, according to its third quarter report.Growth was supported by...

Inflection Points in the Growth of an Agency

Oct 19 2020 // Over the years, I’ve talked to many agency owners who are frustrated because the growth of their agency is stuck, and they seem to be running in place. No matter what they try or how hard they work, agency growth has...

Risk Strategies Acquires Ohio’s McCamon Hunt Insurance Agency

Aug 26 2020 // Risk Strategies, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Boardman, Ohio-based, McCamon Hunt Insurance Agency Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. McCamon Hunt adds to Risk...

101 Sales, Marketing & Agency Management Ideas

Aug 24 2020 // 1. Offset Negativity. What can you show your clients that you are doing to help them during the pandemic? Everyone is tired of hearing how all their business income (BI) claims are denied. What are you doing to offset all...