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Brightway Insurance Independent Agent Program Kicks Off in 6 States
Mar 20 2019 // Brightway Insurance has kicked off its new Independent Agent Program with its first group of seven new Independent Agent Owners. Brightway Insurance, a national property/casualty insurance retailer selling through a...
Commentary: How Florida AOB Crisis Is Impacting State’s Independent Agents
Mar 19 2019 // Florida’s “one-way attorney fee” statute enacted to protect Florida policyholders from large insurance companies has instead spawned a huge industry of assignment of benefits (AOB) predators who take...
New Forms, Rate Hikes Likely in 2019 Texas Homeowners Insurance Market
Mar 15 2019 // Texas independent insurance agents might want to warn their homeowner insurance customers that premium hikes and/or increases in deductibles could be on the horizon this year. Homeowners insurers have been filing for rate...
Virginia Honors Independent Agents for Efforts to Fill Flood Insurance Gaps
Mar 4 2019 // The Virginia House of Delegates passed a joint resolution that would designate the first full week in March each year as Trusted Choice Independent Insurance Agents Week beginning in 2019. HJ 703, introduced by Del. Buddy...
2019 Outlook: Rates, Deductibles Likely to Rise Again in Texas Homeowners Insurance Market
Mar 4 2019 // Texas independent insurance agents might want to warn their homeowner insurance customers that premium hikes and/or increases in deductibles could be on the horizon this year. Homeowners insurers have been filing for rate...
What Young Insurance Agents Earn, Think and Say
Feb 27 2019 // Young agents want change. They want more diversity in the agency sales ranks. They want better paths to grow in their careers. They want other agents to adhere to professional standards and ethics. They want faster and...
Agents, Brokers and the Future of Insurance Distribution
Feb 26 2019 // A funny thing is happening on the way to the future. As consumers’ and carriers’ behaviors, attitudes and expectations have been changing, independent agents are evolving to better serve both customers and...
Insurers with Best Service Win More Business from Independent Agents
Feb 18 2019 // It may be obvious to those in the industry that the more satisfied independent insurance agents are with an insurance carrier, the more business they will conduct with that carrier. But the message may not be getting...
Eating an Elephant: Tales from 9 Agency Start-Ups
Feb 18 2019 // What motivates people to take a risk in an industry dedicated to managing risk? New independent agencies are born of various circumstances. Sometimes it’s about seizing an opportunity that comes along; other times,...
Look Who Is Betting on the Agency System
Feb 15 2019 // According to some pundits, buyers should all be online and the agency system should be dead by now. However, it appears not everyone got that memo. Here are some recent examples of companies, techies and investors betting...
Virginia Honors Independent Agents for Efforts to Fill Flood Insurance Gaps
Feb 12 2019 // The Virginia House of Delegates passed a joint resolution that would designate the first full week in March each year as Trusted Choice Independent Insurance Agents Week beginning in 2019. HJ 703, introduced by Del. Buddy...
Independent Agent Group Taps Texas Mutual as Endorsed Work Comp Carrier
Feb 4 2019 // Texas’ largest independent insurance agent association and the state’s leading workers’ compensation insurance carrier have formed a strategic partnership. The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT)...
Taking a Page from the Insurtech Playbook
Feb 4 2019 // How Insurtechs Can Help Attract Millennial Talent to Agencies, Carriers The rules of the game are changing for companies wishing to attract top, young, qualified talent. Millennials, Generation Y, Gen Next, Boomerang...
Insurers with Best Service Win More Business from Independent Agents
Jan 31 2019 // It may be obvious to those in the industry that the more satisfied independent insurance agents are with an insurance carrier, the more business they will conduct with that carrier. But the message may not be getting...
Southeast Officials Focus on Curbing Fraud, Rising Auto Rates, Flood Insurance, Distracted Driving
Jan 29 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
Who’s Investing in the Agency System
Jan 21 2019 // According to some pundits, the agency system should be dead by now. However, it appears not everyone got that memo. Here are some recent examples of companies, techies and investors putting their money where their mouth is...
Brightway Goes ‘All In’ on Independent Agents, Unveils No-Cost Path to Agency Ownership
Jan 21 2019 // On the heels of celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Jacksonville, Fla.-based Brightway Insurance, a national property/casualty insurance retailer selling through a network of franchised independent agencies, has unveiled...
Brightway Goes ‘All In’ on Independent Agents, Unveils No-Cost Path to Agency Ownership
Jan 10 2019 // On the heels of celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Jacksonville, Fla.-based Brightway Insurance, a national property/casualty insurance retailer selling through a network of franchised independent agencies, has unveiled...
Ohio Insurance Agents Group Creates Data Analytics Company, IntellAgent
Jan 7 2019 // Ohio Insurance Agents Association Inc. (OIA) has launched IntellAgent LLC, an analytics-driven organization that specializes in actionable insights for independent agents. IntellAgents LLC was formed to help independent...
2019 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 7 2019 // 2019 CIWA Industry Days Jan 6-8 Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines La Jolla, CA CIWA www.ciwa.net 2019 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 9-12 Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch St. Louis, MO Independent Insurance Agents...
