All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 11 2015 // Citrix is the newest company partner of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s Agents Council for Technology (ACT). Raleigh, North Carolina-based Citrix offers ShareFile, a file storage, sync and...
Aug 11 2015 // Independent agencies are enjoying a period of high profitability boosted by healthy organic growth despite continued soft pricing in commercial lines.Independent insurance agents/brokers posted median organic growth of 5.9...
Aug 10 2015 // Howden UK, part of the Hyperion Insurance Group, is delighted to announce the acquisition of Perkins Slade Forrest Holdings Ltd., subject to shareholder and regulatory approval.Perkins Slade is a leading independent...
Jul 31 2015 // Betsy K. Olson was appointed chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia after a unanimous vote of its Board of Directors on July 29, 2015. Olson will take the reins on September 1.“Betsy...
Jul 2 2015 // Andy N. Siegel, president of Siegel Insurance, Inc., a Trusted Choice insurance agency in Atlanta, was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia, Inc. (IIAG) on June 13, during the...
Jun 30 2015 // Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia (IIAV) inducted its 2015/2016 Board of Directors during the IIAV annual convention held June 21-23, 2015 at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront in Virginia Beach,...
Jun 22 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Bill Kliewer, managing partner at BKCW in Killeen, to serve as chairman for 2015-2016.Kliewer has more than 35 years of insurance, financial and management...
Jun 4 2015 // Most independent insurance agents are interested in adding new carriers to those they place business with – but very few independent agents are interested in adding new products to the selection of products and services...
May 28 2015 // The Trusted Choice.com website has snagged a leading agency system insurer to help independent agencies sell more small business policies online.The Hartford has joined the TrustedChoice.com online commercial insurance...
May 18 2015 // Independent insurance agents are accustomed to competition but many are watching with heightened interest the entry of one new competitor in particular, Google Compare.Bill Wilson, director of the Virtual University at the...
May 7 2015 // The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies announced it is actively appointing new agents for its auto product in Massachusetts.The Mayfield Village, Ohio-based Progressive said Massachusetts became the 50th and final...
May 4 2015 // The independent agency system is no stranger to competition. But one new competitor in the marketplace has some agents and industry experts on watch.Google Compare – which stepped into the insurance ring in March – is...
May 4 2015 // Most independent insurance agents are impressed by the carriers they place business with – but most also are interested in adding new company partners.This is one of the preliminary findings of a recent national survey...
Apr 24 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers has given Jim Armitage the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor IIABA bestows on one of its members, during the annual Big “I” legislative...
Apr 23 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) this week presented awards to state affiliates and agents that have been the most effective raising money for the agents’ political...
Apr 20 2015 // The independent insurance agency system is getting older. So much so that the average age of a U.S. insurance agent today is 59 years old, according to some estimates. And as more than a quarter of the entire insurance...
Apr 17 2015 // Most independent insurance agents are impressed by the carriers they place business with – but most also are interested in adding new company partners.This is one of the preliminary findings of a recent national survey...
Apr 9 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of California announced its new 2015 associate members. The new associate members join a list companies that make up the IIABCal membership ranks. They are: Heartland Payment...
Apr 6 2015 // When Google stepped into the insurance ring last month, the industry took note. Some said agents and the insurance industry should be concerned. Others said Google Compare, as the new service is named, is nothing new in...
Mar 24 2015 // The Main Street America Group has received regulatory approval from the State of Mississippi Insurance Department to write commercial surety and fidelity bonds in the state, which will be underwritten through the...