All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 18 2018 // Even as they look back on several years of steady growth and success, many owners of independent insurance agencies now find themselves at a crossroad where they are pressed to make critical strategic decisions about the...
Jun 15 2018 // Big “I” Markets, the online market access system available exclusively to Big “I” members, has partnered with Coalition to offer its member agents access to cyber and technology errors &...
May 8 2018 // Trusted Choice has awarded the annual Dan Fulwider Award for Community Involvement to Alliance Financial & Insurance in Lowell, Michigan.In recognition of Fulwider’s community involvement, Trusted Choice...
May 4 2018 // Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance group and Florida-based The Main Street America Group will pursue a merger, the companies announced today.The combined equity of the merged entities is expected to be more than $9...
Apr 16 2018 // Independent agents take note – Nationwide may be on your side.Nationwide on Monday announced its intention to shift to an independent agency distribution model over the next two years. The Columbus, Ohio-based carrier,...
Apr 16 2018 // Young agents want change. They want more diversity in the agency sales ranks. They want better paths to grow in their careers. They want other agents to adhere to professional standards and ethics. They want faster and...
Mar 20 2018 // Editor’s Note: On Feb. 21, Insurance Journal reported on online personal lines insurance startup Gabi’s latest fundraising. (Personal Insurance Site Gabi Raises $9.5 Million; Now Selling in 6 States). In its...
Mar 5 2018 // Insurance agencies and brokerage firms ended 2017 with gains in organic growth and profitability in the fourth quarter.The 175 midsize and large agencies and brokerages participating in Reagan Consulting’s Organic...
Feb 19 2018 // Despite the growth of both technology-based and direct-to-customer sales channels in the property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry, independent agents still control the lion’s share of P/C premiums and represent a...
Feb 5 2018 // When I began my career as a journalist covering the insurance industry back in 1981, many of my early stories reported on dire warnings in a series of studies and expert pronouncements predicting the imminent demise of the...
Jan 26 2018 // Despite the growth of both technology-based and direct-to-customer sales channels in the property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry, independent agents still control the lion’s share of P/C premiums and represent a...
Jan 9 2018 // Fort Worth, Texas-based retail insurance broker, Higginbotham, and Independent Insurance Agents of Plainview (IIAP) have merged operations.With the addition of IIAP in Plainview, Higginbotham now has 27 offices in Texas....
Jan 8 2018 // CIWA Industry DaysJan 8-10 Hilton La Jolla Torrey PinesLa Jolla, Calif.California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA)Contact: Thomas Shovlin, thomas@ciwa.netThe 19th Annual Windstorm Insurance ConferenceJan 15-19...
Dec 22 2017 // Congress has passed and President Donald Trump has signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (HR1) into law. It is the biggest tax change in 30 years.Under the legislation, insurers, agencies and other businesses organized as C...
Dec 20 2017 // New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed Assembly Bill No. 1620 into law yesterday, requiring insurance companies to notify employers in advance of some workers’ compensation insurance premium increases.The law was...
Dec 18 2017 // When disaster strikes, the insurance industry plays a critical role in helping affected individuals, businesses and communities get back on their feet. After all, an insurance policy is a promise to pay when tragedy and...
Dec 18 2017 // To prepare for the future, business owners need to observe what trends are occurring and then evaluate how those trends could impact their business. It is a guessing game, but an educated guess is usually proven to be...
Dec 11 2017 // Scott Margraves has been elected to serve as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Houston (IIAH) for a term that expires Aug. 31, 2018.Margraves is a commercial lines producer for TDECU Insurance Agency LLC. He...
Dec 1 2017 // Greg Easley has been elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana (Indiana Big “I”).Easley currently serves as chairman of Associated Risk Managers International (ARM), and previously has...
Nov 6 2017 // Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia (IIAG) announced that John Barbour, formerly vice president of Governmental Affairs, was chosen to serve as new chief executive officer. Barbour began leading the association on...