Latest Independent Agencies Headlines
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Strategic Planning for an Increasing Direct Writer Marketplace
Nov 16 2008 // The traditional role of an insurance agent in the sale of insurance products to potential policyholders has changed dramatically over the years. Historically, the agent was the customer’s first and only point of...
Survey: What Keeps Independent Agents Awake at Night?
Nov 16 2008 // Commissions, Technology, Agency Branding and Catastrophe Zones Rank High as Concerns Independent insurance agents and brokers are concerned about the future of contingent commissions, according to a recent survey. But...
Rhode Island Agency Recognized by National Trade Group
Nov 6 2008 // Hunter Insurance Inc., an independent agency in Lincoln, Rhode Island, has been named the Trusted Choice Agency of the Month by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America. Trusted Choice is a branding effort...
Willis Expands UK Independent Broker Network
Nov 5 2008 // Willis Group Holdings announced that 10 new members have joined its Commercial Network, a partnership with local, independent insurance brokers in the UK. Including the new members who joined this year, total membership is...
Mass. Agents Contribute $1.9B to the State’s Economy
Nov 2 2008 // As employers, taxpayers, consumers and charitable contributors, Massachusetts’ independent insurance agents make a $1.9 billion cumulative contribution to the Bay State’s economy last year, according to a new...
People
Nov 2 2008 // Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina named Kelley L. Erstine chief executive officer. Erstine assumed the association’s CEO responsibilities Oct. 15 and replaces Bob Bird upon his retirement after 25 years...
Alabama, Mississippi Agencies Among 6 Named Top Performers by Big ‘I’
Nov 2 2008 // Reagan Consulting and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) announced the Best Practices Agencies for 2008-2009. A total of 189 agencies from around the country maintained their...
Aon Selling Auto Insurance Broker in California to Mercury General
Nov 2 2008 // Mercury Casualty Co., the largest insurance subsidiary of Los Angeles-based Mercury General Corp., agreed to buy Auto Insurance Specialists Inc. from Aon Corp. AIS is an independent broker and producer of automobile...
How Independent Agencies Reduce E&O Exposure
Nov 2 2008 // 40 Risk Management Steps Independent Agents Implemented to Lower Their Risk The exclusive 2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey asked independent agents what risk management steps their agency has implemented to...
Why Agents Choose Other Markets Rather Than Their Preferred Markets
Nov 2 2008 // While independent agents have their favorite carriers for certain risks, on occasion they end up choosing a carrier other than their preferred carrier. Most often the reason they do is pricing. Independent agents named...
North Carolina Independent Agents Announce 2008 Award Recipients
Oct 29 2008 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina announced its 2008 industry award winners during the 111th IIANC Annual Convention held Oct. 12-15 in Asheville, NC. The 2008 Agent of the Year is J. Rives...
Gibson Group Retains Best Practices Status from Independent Agents
Oct 29 2008 // Indiana-based Gibson Insurance Group is part of a group of independent insurance agencies around the U.S. to retain Best Practices status in 2008 from Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA). Gibson...
4 CAA Members Make ‘Best Practices’ List
Oct 27 2008 // Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced four of its member agencies, Bigham-Kliewer-Chapman-Watts, Bryan Insurance, Pierson & Fendley and Weatherby-Eisenrich, have retained their status as...
Rhode Island Agents’ Trade Group Elects Loiselle-Mongeon as President
Oct 27 2008 // Melanie Loiselle-Mongeon has been named president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Rhode Island. Loiselle-Mongeon, who is vice president of Loiselle Insurance Agency of Pawtucket, becomes the youngest elected...
What Keeps Independent Agents Awake at Night? Commissions Just One of Several Concerns
Oct 21 2008 // Independent insurance agents and brokers are concerned about the future of contingent commissions, according to a recent survey. But that’s just one of several major concerns agents have. They also have doubts about...
Study Says Mass. Agents Contribute $1.9B to the State’s Economy
Oct 20 2008 // As employers, taxpayers, consumers and charitable contributors, Massachusetts’ independent insurance agents make a $1.9 billion cumulative contribution to the Bay State’s economy last year, according to a new...
Group Nurtures Latin Agents’ Relationships, Better Business Practices
Oct 20 2008 // LAAIA President Rivero Urges Agents to Strike Balance Between Technology and Direct Client Contact When the Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies was establishing itself in the late 1960s and early 1970s, most...
Six Independent Agencies Named as Best Practices Top Performers
Oct 17 2008 // Reagan Consulting and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) announced the Best Practices Agencies for 2008-2009. A total of 189 agencies from around the country maintained their...
Independent Agent 2.0: Branding Through Blogging and Beyond
Oct 10 2008 // Real time technology is giving agencies immediate access to carrier information on their clients, allowing agencies to quickly and efficiently transact quotes, billing inquiries, endorsements, loss runs, policy views, and...
For Agents, Their Carriers’ Claims Service is Top Performance Measure
Oct 6 2008 // Independent insurance agents want their property/casualty insurance carriers to provide quality claims service above all else, according to an exclusive survey of agents’ attitudes about the insurers their agencies...
