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Astonish’s 4th Annual E-Agent Summit is Close at Hand – Join Over 500 Insurance Professionals at One of the Biggest Insurance Marketing Events of the Year

Oct 16 2012 // Warwick, RI, 10/16/12 – Astonish is a digital marketing solutions and insurance sales training company focused on growing local insurance agencies into successful, selling powerhouses prepared to serve the modern...

Astonish now Integrates with QQ Solutions to Provide a Complete Solution for Insurance Agency Management and Digital Marketing

Oct 10 2012 // Warwick, RI, 10/10/12 – Astonish, a leading insurance digital marketing system in the U.S., today announced its integration with QQ Solutions, Inc.’s agency management system, QQ Evolution 2. QQ Solutions, Inc. is...

Insurance Marketing Boot Camp Hosts Umberto Fedeli, Other Top Agents

Aug 28 2012 // Bend, OR, 08/28/12 – “We’re so excited to announce Umberto Fedeli will be among seven other ‘million dollar plus’ agency owners and producers at this year’s Insurance Marketing Boot...

10 Tips for Branding Your Agency

Aug 20 2012 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 20, 2012. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....

Growth Through Acquisitions Highlight Quarter for 2 CAA Member Agencies

Jul 27 2012 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced that two member agencies — Duncan, Fraser & Bridges Insurance Agency Inc. (DFB) and Pinnacle Insurance Group Inc. — have grown through recent acquisitions totaling...

‘One Way or Another’ Agencies See Growth in Group Health

Jul 16 2012 // “One way or another.” Is that the best way to describe a sound investment strategy nowadays? Yes. If you’re talking about the growing number of agencies investing in group health benefits...

7 New Agencies in Northeast Join Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance

Jul 13 2012 // The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) — a national alliance of over 4,000 independent insurance agencies — said seven new agencies in the Northeast region joined the partnership in June. The new...

Health, Benefits Market Offers Growth Opportunities for Midwest Agents

Jul 11 2012 // For many independent property/casualty agencies, one bright spot of opportunity in an era of otherwise lackluster growth has been the health and benefits market. Over the course of the past four or five years, savvy P/C...

Health, Benefits Market Offers Growth Opportunities for P/C Agents

Jul 2 2012 // Revenue Compression, Client Demand Drive Expansion of Services For many independent property/casualty agencies, one bright spot of opportunity in an era of otherwise lackluster growth has been the health and benefits...

‘One Way or Another’ Agencies See Growth in Group Health

Jul 2 2012 // “One way or another.” Is that the best way to describe a sound investment strategy nowadays? Yes. If you’re talking about the growing number of agencies investing in group health benefits...

Increasing Agents’ Online Visibility Is Goal of New Internet Marketing Service

Jul 2 2012 // Aiming to provide its independent agent members with an avenue to enhance their online presence, the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has formed a partnership with an Internet marketing firm on...

4 Northeastern Agencies Join Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance

Jun 13 2012 // The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) said four new agencies in the Northeast region joined the partnership in May. The new members are: Susquehanna Valley Insurance Center of Montoursville, Penn.; Spectrum...

SIAA Grows By Six West Agencies in May

Jun 12 2012 // Hampton, New Hampshire-based Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance added six new member agencies from the West in May. May’s new members include: Joseph Torrente of Aptos, Calif. Actera Insurance Solutions of Denver,...

Allstate Looks to Grow Florida Agency Force Again

May 15 2012 // Allstate’s Florida says it wants to add dozens of new agencies along with support staff jobs across the state, mostly in north and central Florida. Allstate said its 2012 agency strategy should create approximately...

Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance Adds 5 Midwest Agencies

Apr 23 2012 // The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced it signed five new agencies in the Midwest during March. The new Midwest agencies are: Mraz Insurance Services of Mokena, Ill.; L&K Insurance Products of La...

California Earthquake Authority Kicks Off Second Marketing Program for Agents

Mar 5 2012 // The business of selling earthquake insurance to homeowners may have just gotten a bit easier. The California Earthquake Authority has launched its annual “Marketing Value Program,” in which the quasi-private...

California Earthquake Authority Kicks off Second Marketing Program for Agents

Feb 21 2012 // The business of selling earthquake insurance to homeowners may have just gotten a bit easier. The California Earthquake Authority has launched its annual “Marketing Value Program,” in which the quasi-private...

Reagan Survey: Organic Growth and Profitability Continues to Improve for Privately-held Insurance Agencies and Brokerages

Feb 14 2012 // Atlanta, GA, 02/12/12 – Reagan Consulting released its 2011 year-end Organic Growth and Profitability Survey (OGP Survey) results today. The OGP Survey, now in its fourth year, is a real-time indicator of quarterly...

Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance Adds 4 South Central Agencies

Feb 9 2012 // Four South Central independent insurance agencies joined the Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance in January. The new agencies are: Iron Property Insurance Agency of Houston; Parks Agency of Big Spring, Texas; Huckleberry...

West Agencies Help SIAA Grow By 47 in January

Feb 7 2012 // Several agencies from the western region joined Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance in January, pushing its number added to 47 for the month. Of January’s signed members, 33 are liberated “captive agents”...