We are in the process of setting up an agency for health and life, and possibly some P&C at a later time. Would like to know if anyone has had good experiences with specific lead generating companies. If you have any companies that you could recommend it would be appreciated, along with any comm...

If you are working for a small P/C agency the likelyhood of selling major accounts is small to none. You may fall into an account but most of the time it takes quite awile to develope a relationship with the client and several years quotes with different carriers to be able to write one of these. Yo...

Is there anyone out there from the north midwest that might have any ideas on an agency franchise type of operation other than Brooke? Leavitt looks to be primarily in the west, and Brooke does not look to be appealing. Starting from scratch, due to a very restrictive non-compete is out of the quest...

I don't have a horror story, but I have been considering an agency with Brooke. Looking through the book, it looks very controlling and restrictive and the figures on the cash flow are constantly changing. Makes me very wary about committing to that kind of a debt, but I tend to be too much of an op...

I am considering purchasing an agency that Brooke Financial is buying. as you may know, they sell these on a franchise basis. Has anyone had experience, good or bad, with these people. How restrictive are they and how much control do they exert on the operations, contracts, appointments etc. The cos...