All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 7 2010 // The Personal Lines Growth Alliance (PLGA), a coalition within the independent agency system, announced that Mercury Insurance Group is a founding financial partner.Mercury is the first of many insurance carriers that will...
May 4 2010 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its products to nearly 200 independent agents who represent new affiliate Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co. throughout North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.Specifically,...
May 3 2010 // The insurance industry is not as quick to adapt to change as other industries,” but independent insurance agents need to acknowledge that having “a Web presence is non-negotiable,” said Michael LaRocco,...
Apr 28 2010 // Agoura Hills, Calif.-based Pacific Compensation Insurance Co. (PacificComp), formerly Employers Direct Insurance Co., has relaunched its business with a new name and transformation from a direct writer of workers’...
Apr 26 2010 // “The insurance industry is not as quick to adapt to change as other industries,” but independent insurance agents need to acknowledge that having “a Web presence is non-negotiable,” said Michael...
Apr 8 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) announced that Ryan Young has joined the team as senior director of federal government affairs. Young, a native of Denver, N.C., joins the...
Apr 7 2010 // Amid wind-whipped exhaust fumes and an early March cold front, Connecticut insurance agent Michael Gergler ducks inside the lobby of the Wardman Park hotel in Washington, D.C. and surveys the lobby where roughly 150 other...
Apr 5 2010 // Amid wind-whipped exhaust fumes and an early March cold front, Connecticut insurance agent Michael Gergler ducks inside the lobby of the Wardman Park hotel and surveys the lobby where roughly 150 other insurance agents...
Apr 5 2010 // Amid wind-whipped exhaust fumes and an early March cold front, Connecticut insurance agent Michael Gergler ducks inside the lobby of the Wardman Park hotel in Washington, D.C. and surveys the lobby where roughly 150 other...
Apr 1 2010 // The Hare & Rathke Insurance Group, in Humble, Texas, has been named the Trusted Choice Agency of the Month by Trusted Choice, the consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers.The Hare &...
Mar 23 2010 // 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 2010...
Mar 12 2010 // Once again, 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.The 2010 Agency Salary Survey results will be...
Mar 8 2010 // Here’s why working with a public adjuster can be good for an independent insurance agency and for its customers:1. After a disaster, insureds have hundreds or even thousands of questions and worries. In a large-scale...
Mar 7 2010 // Just when producers thought it was safe, mandatory compensation disclosure has reared its ugly head again.In a move that has its origins in the Spitzer days, New York regulators are mandating that insurance agents and...
Mar 5 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers (the Big “I”) has awarded Mississippi insurance agent Ronnie Tubertini with the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the association bestows on one of its...
Mar 4 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) has recognized Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), a former independent insurance agent, as its Legislator of the Year for 2009.The award was...
Feb 24 2010 // The Independent Agents & Brokers of America Big “I” Markets program announced a partnership with the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) to provide Big “I” members with exclusive...
Feb 21 2010 // Just when producers thought it was safe, mandatory compensation disclosure has reared its ugly head again.In a move that has its origins in the Spitzer days, New York regulators are mandating that insurance agents and...
Feb 21 2010 // Most enter the insurance business by accident but for young independent insurance agents, the decision to stick with insurance as a permanent career is a matter of choice.A healthy 84 percent of young insurance agents say...
Feb 7 2010 // Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) has disbanded its Pacific Northwest Chapter and joined forces with the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Washington (Big “I” Washington). According...