Latest Agency Growth Headlines

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

How Growing Agencies Are Using Existing Data to Supercharge Productivity

Aug 18 2020 // San Francisco, CA, August 11, 2020 – The customer relationship management (CRM) company Salesforce, will be holding an exclusive webinar on 8/25/2020. We’ll take an in-depth look at how leading agencies today...

Salesforce Looks at How Growing Agencies Are Using Existing Data to Supercharge Productivity

Aug 18 2020 // San Francisco, CA, August 18, 2020 – The customer relationship management (CRM) company Salesforce, will be holding an exclusive webinar on 8/25/2020. We’ll take an in-depth look at how leading agencies today...

How Growing Agencies Are Using Existing Data to Supercharge Productivity

Aug 11 2020 // San Francisco, CA, August 11, 2020 – The customer relationship management (CRM) company Salesforce, will be holding an exclusive webinar on 8/25/2020. We’ll take an in-depth look at how leading agencies today...

Half of Insurance Agencies Lack a Digital Strategy, Applied Systems Survey Finds

Aug 10 2020 // A little more than half (51%) of independent insurance agencies and brokerages say they have some sort of digital strategy in place, with larger firms more likely than smaller to have one.That’s according to...

Half of Insurance Agencies Lack a Digital Strategy, Applied Systems Survey Finds

Jul 23 2020 // A little more than half (51%) of independent insurance agencies and brokerages say they have some sort of digital strategy in place, with larger firms more likely than smaller to have one.That’s according to...

Patriot Growth Insurance Services Adds 2 Florida Agencies

Jul 9 2020 // Patriot Growth Insurance Services, LLC, a nationwide insurance agency, has added two Florida-based independent agencies, Arison Insurance Services, and Ference Insurance (FIA), to the Patriot platform.Arison and FIA each...

Allstate to Buy National General for $4 Billion, Growing Auto, Independent Agent Business

Jul 8 2020 // U.S. Insurer Allstate Corp. said on Tuesday it will buy National General Holdings Corp. for about $4 billion in cash, scaling up its auto insurance business at a time when the coronavirus has crushed traffic on roads and...

Louisiana Workforce Agency to Get $3.45M to Boost Apprenticeships, Job Growth

Jul 7 2020 // The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) will receive $3.45 million from U.S. Department of Labor to support the expansion of its registered apprenticeship programs.The funding received, is part of the USDOL’s...

Smart Choice® Grows to 8,000 Agency Partners

May 27 2020 // High Point, NC, May 27, 2020 – Smart Choice®, remains the nation’s fastest growing independent agency network, after partnering with over 350 new agencies in the first quarter of 2020, and reaching a milestone of...

Strategic Agency Partners Launches in Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey

Apr 9 2020 // Several insurance agencies are joining resources to launch Strategic Agency Partners (SAP), an insurance agency network with a geographic footprint in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.The founding agencies, located in...

Arrowhead and Internet of Insurance to Help Contracted Agencies Grow

Apr 9 2020 // San Diego, CA, April 9, 2020 – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. (Arrowhead), has joined together with Internet of Insurance to help their contracted agencies advance their digital capabilities. The Internet of...

Direct Sales of Small Business Insurance Poised to Grow to $12B by 2025: Novarica

Mar 4 2020 // Over the past decade, selling small commercial insurance directly online to customers has gone from an outlandish idea to a reality. In a new report, research and advisory firm Novarica projects significant growth in the...

Allstate’s Growth Plan Includes Shift in Agent Commissions, Hike in Advertising

Feb 24 2020 // Allstate first disclosed its Transformative Growth Plan in December, an effort to overhaul how it does business, boost efficiency and reduce expenses. During the Illinois-based property/casualty insurer’s Q4 2019...

Allstate’s Growth Plan Includes Shift in Agent Commissions, Hike in Advertising

Feb 10 2020 // Allstate first disclosed its Transformative Growth Plan in December, an effort to overhaul how it does business, boost efficiency and reduce expenses. During the Illinois-based property/casualty insurer’s Q4 2019...

Texas-Based Sales and Marketing Company to Settle Disability Lawsuit for $2.65M

Nov 25 2019 // A Plano, Texas-based international sales and marketing company that provides food demonstrators to major American retailers and warehouse stores, will pay $2.65 million and furnish other relief to settle a federal...

Ohio’s Zito Insurance Agency Acquired by Risk Strategies

Nov 13 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Zito Insurance Agency, a full service firm headquartered in Mentor, Ohio, northeast of Cleveland.Terms of the deal were...

Agency Growth Secrets: To Build Your Sales Team, Grow Your Agency and Change Your World

Nov 4 2019 // Many agencies have a growth rate of 1% to 3%. They have an aging producer force, no systems to drive growth and no way out but to sell to an aggregator.In most cases, they have tried to hire new producers and have failed....

A Growing Agency With a Small Business Feel

Oct 7 2019 // Florida-based Acentria Insurance has been busy since its founding by industry veteran Kendall McEachern in 2010. The personal and commercial lines agency has acquired several agencies and now has 50 locations and more than...

FTC Orders E-Cigarette Makers to Relinquish Advertising, Sales Data

Oct 4 2019 // The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has ordered a half-dozen e-cigarette companies to turn over sales and advertising data, the federal regulator said on Thursday, in the first sign of a likely probe of their marketing...

Risk Strategies Acquires New York’s Bedrick-Kaitz Agency

Sep 30 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Bedrick-Kaitz Agency Inc. (BKA), a New York City-based firm focused on helping high-net-worth individuals and...