All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 25 2013 // The Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office announced that Texas independent insurance agents, who operate in their communities under the Trusted Choice brand, have created a grant program for volunteer fire departments...
Feb 25 2013 // MarketScout Wholesale (MSW) has formed an exclusive independent agents errors & omissions program. In addition to professional liability, this program provides data breach/privacy protection as well as proactive risk...
Feb 25 2013 // Speaking at the 1st Asia Insurance Brokers’ Summit in Singapore, José Fonseca, Chairman of BrokersLink and CEO of the MDS Group, told delegates that independent brokers can become the powerhouses of the global...
Feb 25 2013 // Managing sales in an independent agency is a team sport. From top level managers to office and support staff – every person in an agency has a role to play in helping the agency win the sales game.When one person fails...
Jan 28 2013 // As an independent agent, you possess many advantages over the national P/C marketers that operate mainly online and over the phone. One strong point, among many, is that you operate out of a local office. Don’t look...
Jan 23 2013 // Michigan-based property/casualty insurance wholesaler, Burns and Wilcox, is the newest member of the Trusted Choice consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers, the Independent Insurance Agents...
Jan 22 2013 // Insurance Journal is polling insurance agents and brokers nationwide in its annual search to find out who’s worth what in the independent agency system.Don’t miss out on your chance to participate. The 2013...
Jan 14 2013 // Maximum Independent Brokerage LLC has added Mark Jatczak to its sales team in Chicago. Jatczak handles all areas of commercial and specialty lines of business and works with retail agents throughout the...
Jan 14 2013 // P/C Insurance Joint Industry Forum Jan 15 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY Insurance Information Institute www.iii.org2013 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 16-20 The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa, Rancho...
Jan 3 2013 // Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired CFR Inc. (CFR), a Tulsa, Okla.–based insurance brokerage firm. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.The operations will form a new regional Hub called Hub International...
Dec 28 2012 // The 100-plus year-old independent agency distribution system is expanding, according to Future One’s 2012 Agency Universe Study. The number of independent agencies, it states, has recently increased to 38,500.Still,...
Dec 17 2012 // As the calendar flips to 2013, growth-minded independents must decide how to build their agencies over the upcoming year. The options are endless, and they straddle both the physical and digital worlds. Here are 25 ideas...
Nov 19 2012 // Five years ago, Massachusetts introduced its “managed competition” program — and since then, there has been an influx of direct writing and direct response companies coming into Massachusetts and...
Nov 14 2012 // The current business environment for independent insurance agents in Indiana is pretty good thanks to the hard work and legislative involvement of agents and other industry professionals, according to one longtime agent...
Nov 8 2012 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) is offering its members remote staffing services provided by WAHVE (Work At Home Vintage Employees) on a preferred basis.WAHVE provides experienced insurance professionals...
Nov 5 2012 // The current business environment for independent insurance agents in Indiana is pretty good thanks to the hard work and legislative involvement of agents and other industry professionals, according to one longtime agent...
Nov 2 2012 // When it comes to the 2012 presidential election, insurance agents have, as industry insiders like to say, “skin in the game.”In addition to being concerned with how the overall economy will perform under either...
Oct 26 2012 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has named Wes Bailey, president of Bailey Insurance & Risk Management Inc. in Waco, as its newest Trusted Choice Hometown Hero.The Hometown Hero program recognizes...
Oct 19 2012 // Members of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) have elected David Purinai, who is president of MSH Insurance in Rocky Mount, N.C., as the association’s new chairman of the board of directors...
Oct 19 2012 // Affinity Healthcare, the consumer, association and group program business of Aon Risk Solutions, is now providing open access to its Affinity Health Care programs to insurance brokers nationwide.Over the years, Aon...