Latest Independent Agencies Headlines
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All in the Family: Father and Daughter Honored by Texas Agents
Jul 7 2014 // A father-daughter team were awarded some of the highest honors bestowed upon independent agents in Texas at the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas annual conference and trade show, held recently in San Antonio. Kelly...
Agents React to Walmart, Overstock in Insurance: ‘We Aren’t Dead or Dying, We are Evolving’
Jun 18 2014 // Recent announcements by giant retailers Walmart and Overstock.com that they entering the insurance sales game have elicited a healthy response from the insurance industry. Some agents have expressed concern and frustration...
All in the Family: Father and Daughter Honored by Texas Agents
Jun 16 2014 // A father/daughter team of insurance professionals recently were awarded two of the highest honors bestowed upon independent agents in Texas at the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas annual conference and trade show in...
Is Yours a Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Agency?
Jun 16 2014 // Find out by submitting your entry for the 2014 Insurance Journal Top Property/Casualty Agencies Listing. There are four ways to qualify: 1. Top 100 Independent P/C Agencies 2. Top Commercial Lines Independent Agencies 3....
Why Customers Need Personal Umbrella Coverage More Than Ever
Jun 16 2014 // That we live in a litigious society is not something new; we’ve been there for decades. Lawsuits have long followed auto accidents and mishaps that occur in homes, very often causing defendants to dig so deep to pay...
IIAT Names Young Agent of the Year, Young Associate of the Year
Jun 13 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) named James Russell of Texas Associates Insurors/NewFirst Insurors in El Campo as the André P. Juneau Young Agent of the Year. In addition, the association honored Jason...
Hits to TrustedChoice.com Growing, Big ‘I’ Chair-Elect Tells Texas Agents
Jun 12 2014 // Insurance consumer interest in Trusted Choice, the national brand created for the members of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or Big “I”), is growing, according the...
MHBT’s Arthur to Serve as Chair of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
Jun 12 2014 // Pat Arthur The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Pat Arthur, shareholder at MHBT in Dallas, to serve as chairman for 2014-2015 during IIAT’s 117th Annual Conference and Trade Show in San...
Trusted Choice Consumer Portal Funding Now Tops $50M
May 9 2014 // Project CAP, the organization formed to help local independent agents compete in the digital economy under the Trusted Choice brand, has raised $10 million from two additional carrier investors. The capital from the two...
Insurance Agents Learn How to Market to People Unlike Themselves
May 5 2014 // The middle-aged white woman told the audience of mostly older white male businessowners that much of the country and many of their future customers don’t look like them or necessarily share all their values. While...
Why Some Young Agents Chose Insurance as a Career
May 1 2014 // The call to become an insurance agent is different for everyone. For Matthew Ostrow the call to become an independent agent came via social media. Thirty-year old Ostrow entered insurance just five months ago after a...
Big ‘I’ Honors Horton Group Senior VP Wojcik with Sidney O. Smith Award
Apr 25 2014 // The Big “I” executive committee presented Mike Wojcik, senior vice president of The Horton Group and chairman of the Big “I” Healthcare Task Force, with the Sidney O. Smith Award, the Independent...
12 Survival Suggestions for Today’s Independent Agent
Apr 21 2014 // To survive, think backwards. Consider what you shouldn’t do before contemplating what you should, as avoiding negative acts improves your agency’s health. Don’t just promote from within. As important as...
Independent Insurance Agents Find Some Pundits, Politicians in Washington Agree
Apr 16 2014 // News flash: a conservative and a liberal in Washington agree — on quite a few matters, in fact. Before an audience of independent insurance agents, commentators Tucker Carlson, a conservative, and Paul Begala, a liberal,...
Insurance Agents Learn How to Market to People Unlike Themselves
Apr 16 2014 // The middle-aged white woman told the audience of mostly older white male businessowners that much of the country and many of their future customers don’t look like them or necessarily share all their values. While...
North Carolina’s Anders Wins Top Big ‘I’ Service Award
Apr 14 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers (IIABA or the Big “I”) recently awarded agent Cloyce Anders of North Carolina with the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the association bestows on one...
Independent Insurance Agents Find Some Pundits, Politicians in Washington Agree
Apr 13 2014 // News flash: a conservative and a liberal in Washington agree — on quite a few matters, in fact. Before an audience of independent insurance agents last Friday, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson and liberal...
Montana’s Sen. Tester Awarded Big ‘I’s’ Legislator of the Year 2013
Apr 10 2014 // U.S. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) has been named the Gerald Solomon-IIABA Legislator of the Year for 2013 by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”). The award was presented Tuesday...
Diversity and Youth: The Independent Agency System’s Challenge and Opportunity
Apr 7 2014 // Like many of my peers, I grew up in family-owned independent insurance agency and sort of inherited the insurance bug. Unlike most of my peers, our family’s agency is minority-owned and I’m younger than 40. The...
Young Agents Survey – Why They Chose Insurance
Apr 7 2014 // The call to become an insurance agent is different for everyone. For Matthew Ostrow the call to become an independent agent came via social media. Thirty-year old Ostrow entered insurance just five months ago after a...
