All the headlines from our Agency Growth Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Aug 20 2019 // How much did your agency grow last year? How about in the past five years?If your answer is anything less than 10%, then this article is for you. In it, I want to share with you three keys to organic growth that I’ve...
Aug 19 2019 // 1. Quality Sales Managers. Invest in a quality sales manager who knows how to motivate and guide members to their goals.2. Transcribe with AI. Otter.ai is a platform that allows — through the website or mobile app...
Jul 15 2019 // Olympus Insurance Co. has appointed James “Jim” Carpenter as assistant vice president of Sales and Marketing. Jim Carpenter Carpenter has more than 20 years of experience in the property & casualty...
Jul 15 2019 // Sales are the lifeblood of any business. So, one would think that each company will have a well-thought-out sales strategy. The reality is that most insurance agencies have, at best, a general outline of a sales strategy....