All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 21 2007 // Given today’s business environment, is it possible for independent agents to truly be “independent?”When we talk about an independent agent, we simply think of a producer who has access to many different...
May 21 2007 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy named Senior Vice President Brad Van Stavern to lead the new property/casualty practice in its Austin office.Van Stavern brings experience in the health care industry, where he held positions...
May 16 2007 // The newly elected chair of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York, Inc. believes the same standards that first established IIABNY 125 years ago are still evident today. Advancing business interests...
May 10 2007 // Cadence Insurance Services of Colorado Springs, Colo., has become a member of the Strategic Independent Agents Alliance, a network of independent insurance agencies. The company was the 2,200th Independent Strategic Member...
May 8 2007 // “The Big I” associations of Colorado, Kansas, Idaho, Nebraska, Oregon, Utah, and Washingto are co-sponsoring Insurance Skills Center’s Agribusiness Conference in Denver on June 25-26, 2007. The Rocky...
May 8 2007 // The results of the 2005 market share study by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, Inc. (the Big “I), again show that the independent agency system remains strong with plenty of growth...
May 7 2007 // Given today’s business environment, is it possible for independent agents to truly be “independent?”When we talk about an independent agent, we simply think of a producer who has access to many different...
May 3 2007 // Swiss Re is now offfering a nonadmitted coverage for the members of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA). The nonadmitted product is designed for agencies with unique operations and special needs...
May 3 2007 // Contingent commissions for agents and brokers should be watched by regulators but these profit-sharing arrangements do not necessarily have to be eliminated, according to a leading insurance consumer advocate.“I...
Apr 30 2007 // Matt Berry of the William Gammon Agency in Austin, Texas, and former president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas, has received the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the Independent Insurance Agents...
Apr 30 2007 // The leader of the nation’s biggest independent insurance agent association has promised agents his group will vigorously defend their incentive pay and contingent commissions that have come in for criticism by some...
Apr 30 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) honored an agent leader and one of its state associations for their legislative accomplishments in 2006 at the Big “I”...
Apr 27 2007 // Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., and House Republican Whip Roy Blunt R-Mo., addressed 1,400 independent insurance agents and brokers at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s National Legislative...
Apr 23 2007 // With this being Insurance Journal’s “Salute to Independent Agents” issue, I got to thinking about what it means to be an independent agent. I’m not an agent of course so I can’t speak from...
Apr 23 2007 // With this being Insurance Journal’s “Salute to Independent Agents” issue, I got to thinking about what it means to be an independent agent. I’m not an agent of course so I can’t speak from...
Apr 23 2007 // As 1,200 independent agents and brokers from around the country descend on Washington, D.C., this month for the Big “I” Legislative Conference & Convention, they will be greeted with a new legislative...
Apr 23 2007 // It’s that time of year when, if you are a member of Congress and you don’t have a meeting with at least one independent insurance agent from back home, you are probably not running for re-election. Like cherry...
Apr 23 2007 // As 1,200 independent agents and brokers from around the country descend on Washington, D.C., this month for the Big “I” Legislative Conference & Convention, they will be greeted with a new legislative...
Apr 9 2007 // It’s that time of year when if you are a member of Congress and you don’t have a meting with at least one independent insurance agent from back home, you are probably not running for re-election. Like cherry...
Apr 3 2007 // Ohio Casualty Group® today has announced its sponsorship of two key projects of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA). The company is an official sponsor of the PIA Branding Program, Local Agents...