Articles by Charlie Dodge

Discover INSURICA

Seeking Unexplored Routes to Riches, a Rising Oklahoma Agency Network Finds Its New Corporate Identity, While Doubling Its Size Top 100 Agency Profile Rank: No. 15 Agency Name: INSURICA Insurance Management Network Main Office: Oklahoma City, Okla. Additional Locations: 26 …

Empire of Insurance

HUB International Is Back In the Acquisitions Race; To Go Public Within 2 Years Top 100 Agency Profile IJ Top 100 Rank: 2 Agency Name: HUB International Limited Main Office: Chicago Year Founded: 1998 No. of employees: 4,510 Agency Principals: …

Strength and Power

San Francisco’s ISU Group Brings Together Creative Minds to Adapt, Survive and Succeed in Today’s Market In this age of Great Global Recession, collapsing corporations and profligate governments alike have often been proclaimed to be “too big to fail.” Independent …

A Wonderful Life

McQueary Henry Bowles Troy Soars High With Faith, Texas Values and the Ultimate Angel Investor If a creative insurance cinematographer were to capture the story of McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP, it might appear to be a familiar tale. That’s …

Insurance Agents Move to Beat of Rock ‘n Roll Marketing

How Adam DeGraide, a rock ‘n roll bass player and band promoter who founded Astonish Results, plans to transport independent insurance agents into marketing cyberspace with his own digital elixir. Will agents drink the Kool-Aid? We come on down on …

The Face of Freakin’ Agency Marketing

Kool Prophet Promises Astonishing Results We come on down on a mission Your footloose town won’t even know you’re gone Our flying boombox was built to take you Up to teh stars wehre your groove belongs —No More Kings, an …