All the headlines from our Agency Growth Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 4 2024 // When it comes to agency errors and omissions liability there’s nothing more important than playing it safe. One proven way is ensuring that everything is documented properly. But because there is always the threat of...
Aug 19 2024 // 1. Content Marketing. Use content marketing to stand out as an industry thought leader. Create informative and engaging content, such as blog posts, whitepapers, and e-books focused on industry trends and insurance tips....
Jul 5 2024 // Top U.S. automakers posted slower sales growth for the second quarter as a cyberattack at software systems provider CDK hit operations at several dealerships during the crucial selling period of late June.General Motors...
May 17 2024 // Alliant Private Client Names Rison SVPJulie Rison has joined Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, as senior vice president, Alliant Private Client. Based in Virginia, Rison will identify and...
Mar 18 2024 // You are a seasoned producer who is confident in your skillset. You have built a strong book of business and after a few years, you decide to go out on your own and open an independent agency. As your new business begins to...
Feb 26 2024 // The independent insurance agent and broker channel posted an organic growth rate of 10.3% in 2023 — the highest annual level achieved since Reagan Consulting launched its quarterly growth and profitability study in...
Feb 5 2024 // We are obviously in one of the most intense hard markets of the last several decades. While much has been said and written about how to navigate the challenges the market is creating for agents, I’d like to take a...
Feb 1 2024 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced that it has acquired Ralph C. Wilson Agency, a full-service risk management and employee benefits consulting firm and insurance...
Feb 1 2024 // Atlanta-based PointeNorth Insurance Group, one of the larger independent agencies in the Southeast, has continued its streak of acquisitions with the addition of Valdosta Insurance Services and Southern Insurance Advisors...
Jan 25 2024 // National specialty insurance brokerage Risk Strategies announced it has acquired Professional Risk Associates, Inc. (PRA), a Virginia-based specialty healthcare insurance agency focused on medical professional...
Jan 24 2024 // Insurance broker Patriot Growth Insurance Services and its partner insurance agency FBinsure of Taunton, Massachusetts announced that they recently added Maggiacomo Insurance, Hanuschak Insurance, and Gilmartin Insurance...
Dec 19 2023 // National specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies reports it has acquired Robert Alan Agency, a New York-based retail insurance agency.Established in 1980 by Bob Carlucci, the Robert Alan Agency is headquartered in New...
Nov 20 2023 // You are going to sell your interest in your agency at some point. Whether the sale is internal, external, to a family member, employees, or to a large national organization, there are steps you can take in advance to make...
Nov 1 2023 // Patriot Growth Insurance Services, LLC (Patriot), one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing insurance services firms, expanded its presence in Ohio and Pennsylvania with its partnership with the Douce James...
Oct 16 2023 // When Insurance Journal called Danielle Ellis, principal at Ellis Insurance Agency in Charleston, West Virginia, with the news that the agency had been named one of the Best Agencies to Work For in the Southeast, an office...
Sep 29 2023 // Keystone, the participant-owned insurance agency network, has added Ascent Insurance Group (formerly LBV Insurance) based in Edmond, Oklahoma to its growing network of agencies. Ascent is a boutique style commercial lines...
Sep 26 2023 // Bates Joins Western National Insurance Group as SVP, Marketing and Sales Western National, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., hired Tamara Bates as senior vice president of marketing and agency sales. Bates joins Western...
Sep 25 2023 // Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois, recently welcomed two alliance agencies to its members-only Commercial Marketing pod...
Aug 21 2023 // The independent agency channel is holding ground and showing slow, steady gains in lines of business penetration, including homeowners, according to the Big “I” 2023 Market Share Report.Based on 2022 data, this...
Aug 21 2023 // 1. Network with Your Competition. They will often have no appetite for certain lines of business that you wish to target.2. Hard Market. Today’s insurance market is one of the hardest markets many have ever...