All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 28 2009 // David Walker of the Hartland Insurance Agency in Hartland, Michigan has been named to the Executive Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA). As an Executive Committee member, Walker...
May 27 2009 // Insurance Journal is on the search for the nation’s leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report.Now,...
May 22 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) earlier this month awarded the 2008 Sidney O. Smith Award to Bobby Bramlett, president and CEO of the Bramlett Agency in Ardmore, Okla....
May 20 2009 // Trusted Choice has awarded the inaugural Dan Fulwider Award for Community Involvement to Kevin and Kathy Flynn of K. Flynn Insurance Agency in Troy, Mo., the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America announced.In...
May 18 2009 // Lobbyists for property/casualty insurance agents have elevated health care reform to the top of their political agenda.P/C agents have addressed health insurance legislation in the past but the issue has taken on new...
May 18 2009 // Bob Rusbuldt, president and CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”), sat down with Insurance Journal‘s Andrew Simpson at the association’s recent legislative...
May 18 2009 // Property/casualty insurance agents have elevated health care reform to the top of their political agenda; the matter is now just a notch below the perennial battle against federal regulation of insurance on their...
May 15 2009 // Insurance Journal is on the search for the nation’s leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report.Now,...
May 5 2009 // Insurance Journal is on the search for the nation’s leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report.Now,...
Apr 24 2009 // Good things come to those who wait and work hard. Even in today’s challenging economic climate, young independent insurance agents remain hopeful and happy to be in a profession that allows them to work...
Apr 20 2009 // Profile of Young AgentsOlder Side of Young 62% are 31 to 40 years old 38% are 30 and under Career Choice 84% consider insurance to be a permanent career choice 14% are unsure Education 56% have a college degree 60% have...
Apr 20 2009 // The exclusive 2009 Insurance Journal Young Agents Survey asked independent agents under 40 years old what they like least about being an independent agent. Here’s what some of the 692 agents who took the survey had...
Apr 20 2009 // The exclusive 2009 Insurance Journal Young Agents Survey asked independent agents under 40 years old: What do you like most about being an independent agent? Here’s what some of the 692 agents who took the survey had...
Apr 6 2009 // Insurance agents, brokers and regulators should be aware that when it comes to insurance, consumers are concerned with such issues as the use of credit scores in determining rates; purchasing policies over the Internet;...
Apr 2 2009 // “I meant what I said, and said what I meant…”Although that quote was written in 1954 by Dr. Seuss in his book “Horton Hears a Who,” it is a powerful reminder today to act with character and...
Mar 27 2009 // Since funding for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has become a top priority for the Texas Legislature, statewide lawmakers have debated several solutions that will impact policyholders in Texas, according...
Mar 25 2009 // Against economic and soft markets odds, independent insurance agents have been starting up new property/casualty agencies from Florida to California and states in-between since 2007.For years, the number of agencies in the...
Mar 23 2009 // $568 MillionAmount spent by New York City to settle damage claims in fiscal year 2008 – an amount that was about $10 million higher than the previous year. Property damage from two major storms helped drive the total...
Mar 23 2009 // Insurance agents, brokers and regulators should be aware that when it comes to insurance, consumers are concerned with such issues as the use of credit scores in determining rates, purchasing policies over the Internet,...
Mar 20 2009 // Phoenix-based MiniCo Insurance has an expanded benefits program for independent agents and brokers who write a larger volume of business with the company. Those with at least four in-force policies with MiniCo Insurance...