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Google Dupes Insurance Buyers: Insurance Agent Executive
May 18 2015 // Independent insurance agents are accustomed to competition but many are watching with heightened interest the entry of one new competitor in particular, Google Compare. Bill Wilson, director of the Virtual University at...
Progressive Appointing New Independent Agents in Massachusetts
May 7 2015 // The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies announced it is actively appointing new agents for its auto product in Massachusetts. The Mayfield Village, Ohio-based Progressive said Massachusetts became the 50th and final...
What Agents Think About Google Compare
May 4 2015 // The independent agency system is no stranger to competition. But one new competitor in the marketplace has some agents and industry experts on watch. Google Compare – which stepped into the insurance ring in March – is...
Independent Agents Identify Business Opportunities for Carriers
May 4 2015 // Most independent insurance agents are impressed by the carriers they place business with – but most also are interested in adding new company partners. This is one of the preliminary findings of a recent national survey...
California’s Armitage Given Big “I” Highest Honor
Apr 24 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers has given Jim Armitage the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor IIABA bestows on one of its members, during the annual Big “I” legislative...
Big ‘I’ Recognizes Top Young Agent, States in Political Fundraising
Apr 23 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) this week presented awards to state affiliates and agents that have been the most effective raising money for the agents’ political...
Young Agents Survey: The Next Generation Steps Up
Apr 20 2015 // You can download the PDF of the Young Agents Survey Results for free, compliments of Foremost Insurance Group. The independent insurance agency system is getting older. So much so that the average age of a U.S. insurance...
Independent Agents Identify Business Opportunities for Carriers: Survey
Apr 17 2015 // Most independent insurance agents are impressed by the carriers they place business with – but most also are interested in adding new company partners. This is one of the preliminary findings of a recent national survey...
California Independent Agents Group Names New Associate Members
Apr 9 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of California announced its new 2015 associate members. The new associate members join a list companies that make up the IIABCal membership ranks. They are: Heartland Payment...
Google Takes the Wheel
Apr 6 2015 // When Google stepped into the insurance ring last month, the industry took note. Some said agents and the insurance industry should be concerned. Others said Google Compare, as the new service is named, is nothing new in...
Main Street America Now Writing Surety, Fidelity Bonds in Mississippi
Mar 24 2015 // The Main Street America Group has received regulatory approval from the State of Mississippi Insurance Department to write commercial surety and fidelity bonds in the state, which will be underwritten through the...
Independent Insurance Agents Defying Doomsayers
Mar 23 2015 // According to analysts, technologists, aggregators and others, the independent agency system is in trouble. Somebody forget to tell independent agents. Or more to the point, the doomsayers perhaps didn’t notice that...
Independent Insurance Agents Defying Doomsayers
Mar 12 2015 // According to analysts, technologists, aggregators and others, the independent agency system is in trouble. Somebody forget to tell independent agents. Or more to the point, the doomsayers perhaps didn’t notice that...
The Best Apps and Why for Independent Agents
Mar 9 2015 // There appears to be little dispute among agents about the importance of going mobile, particularly for younger clients who expect it. What’s in doubt, however, is which mobile applications, or apps, make the most...
Independent Agents See Carriers’ Online Sales As Major Threat: Accenture Survey
Jan 26 2015 // Independent insurance agents’ strengths in customer service and risk management could be challenged by changing consumer behaviors, new technologies and the evolving competitive landscape, according to a new report...
2015 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 12 2015 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
When It Comes to Mobile for Independent Agents It’s the App that Counts
Jan 12 2015 // Have agents reached a tipping point when it comes to making their services accessible with a smartphone? Some believe the independent agent still has time to adapt. Others argue that those who wait will be run over by...
Independent Agents See Carriers’ Online Sales As Major Threat: Accenture Survey
Jan 11 2015 // Independent insurance agents’ strengths in customer service and risk management could be challenged by changing consumer behaviors, new technologies and the evolving competitive landscape, according to a new report...
Peters Named President, Exec. Director of Texas Independent Agents Group
Jan 7 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has selected Marit Peters as its president and executive director. She will replace David VanDelinder, who is retiring from the leadership role. Marit Peters Peters has...
2014 Award Winners Recognized by Indiana Independent Agents
Dec 29 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana (IIAI) named its 2014 award winners during its annual convention. The following Indiana agents and companies were recognized: Vickie Wolcott from M.J. Schuetz Insurance Services...
