All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 17 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) announced that Plano independent insurance agent Don Medlin recently received the Drex Foreman Award at the association’s 112th Annual Conference & Trade...
Jun 15 2009 // Being an independent agent in south Florida means never having enough property markets.That was true years ago and remains true today, according to a leader among south Florida agents, Joseph Mier, who is the incoming...
Jun 15 2009 // The insurance industry is transitioning into a new era. For years, Baby Boomers have led the way and now, as they approach retirement, must find a way to pass along their legacy. Who will fill their shoes?The problem is...
Jun 15 2009 // Unlike many businesses, independent insurance agencies do not need to access credit on a daily basis. But when the time comes that an independent agency needs access to credit and cash, it is usually due to an event driven...
Jun 10 2009 // Liberty Mutual Group’s Agency Markets business unit announced that one of its member companies, Liberty Northwest, has sold the renewal rights for most of its direct-sold workers’ compensation policies written...
Jun 8 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.And...
Jun 3 2009 // Insurance Journal has extended the deadline for its annual Top 100 Agencies submissions.IJ is on the search for the nation’s leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual...
Jun 1 2009 // Regional property/casualty insurance companies don’t make headlines like the large institutions. They simply go about their business serving customers and independent agents— and paying claims. How are regional...
Jun 1 2009 // Direct writers continue to target the Massachusetts personal auto insurance market, as one major national carrier announced it has written its first policy in the state and another says it will begin writing direct in...
Jun 1 2009 // How are regional insurance companies faring in today’s climate — financial and catastrophe? What challenges do they face? How can they grow? Why are they so popular with independent agents?Insurance Journal put...
Jun 1 2009 // Weathering today’s economic storm has not been easy for insurance companies. Consumers are more carefully scrutinizing their coverages, while the financial sector is taking a beating in the public, as the government...
Jun 1 2009 // Regional property/casualty insurance companies don’t make headlines like the large institutions. They simply go about their business serving customers and independent agents — and paying claims. How are...
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,...