All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Mar 23 2015 // According to analysts, technologists, aggregators and others, the independent agency system is in trouble.Somebody forget to tell independent agents. Or more to the point, the doomsayers perhaps didn’t notice that...
Mar 12 2015 // According to analysts, technologists, aggregators and others, the independent agency system is in trouble.Somebody forget to tell independent agents. Or more to the point, the doomsayers perhaps didn’t notice that...
Mar 9 2015 // There appears to be little dispute among agents about the importance of going mobile, particularly for younger clients who expect it. What’s in doubt, however, is which mobile applications, or apps, make the most...
Jan 26 2015 // Independent insurance agents’ strengths in customer service and risk management could be challenged by changing consumer behaviors, new technologies and the evolving competitive landscape, according to a new report...
Jan 12 2015 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Jan 12 2015 // Have agents reached a tipping point when it comes to making their services accessible with a smartphone? Some believe the independent agent still has time to adapt. Others argue that those who wait will be run over by...
Jan 11 2015 // Independent insurance agents’ strengths in customer service and risk management could be challenged by changing consumer behaviors, new technologies and the evolving competitive landscape, according to a new report...
Jan 7 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has selected Marit Peters as its president and executive director. She will replace David VanDelinder, who is retiring from the leadership role.Peters has spent the past 20...