Channel Harvest Research, in partnership with Insurance Journal, recently launched its 2016 national survey of independent agents’ attitudes about their carrier partners. This is the ninth annual study on key elements of the property/casualty agent-carrier relationship. Agents and brokers have …
About a quarter of independent insurance agents say they work at a firm that belongs to an aggregator cluster. But very few whose agencies don’t already belong to an aggregator want their firms to join one, a fact challenging the …
Most independent insurance agents are interested in adding new carriers to those they place business with – but very few independent agents are interested in adding new products to the selection of products and services that they offer customers. This …
Most independent insurance agents are impressed by the carriers they place business with – but most also are interested in adding new company partners. This is one of the preliminary findings of a recent national survey of independent agents conducted …
Agents like what they get already but see room for improvement in field operations, agent education and marketing support provided by carriers, according to a 2014 national survey of more than 1,400 agents conducted by Channel Harvest Research. In this …
Channel Harvest Research, in partnership with Insurance Journal, is conducting its 2015 national survey of agents’ attitudes about their carrier partners. This is the seventh annual study on key aspects of the property/casualty independent agent-carrier relationship. Agents and brokers have …
Independent agents say product training (used by 50 percent) and technology systems training (used by 41 percent) were the most common types of insurance carrier-provided training they attended last year. However, when the subject turned to the types of training …
Most independent insurance agents stick with their top personal lines and commercial lines companies for years, although they are less-than-satisfied in a number of carrier-performance areas. This is among the many findings in a new national survey of agents conducted …
Channel Harvest Research, in partnership with Insurance Journal, has launched a new study of the independent agency system, probing agents’ attitudes toward insurance carrier relationships and, in particular, the companies they represent. The research, dubbed “Leaving Independent Agents to Their …
Carriers can be instrumental in helping agencies grow through referrals, expanded coverages, and clear business line or geographic expansion planning Despite the challenges facing the industry and the broader economy, two thirds of independent agents report that their firms grew …
