I have no idea why an independent agent would chose to hitch their wagon in a significant way to a national carrier with a direct selling arm when there are so many good regional companies out there. They may still move the cheese but the guys doing it will have to look you in the eye and explain it.

The loss ratio is ugly with frequency and severity issues over the past three years. They are being non renewed and none of my standard carriers will take it. Are there any options other than Scottsdale or Burlington?

I have used CSR24 for two years and I could never leave. I have several large trucking accounts and condo association managers that love it. The condo manager gets very competitive quotes from Farmers but gives us a second look and sticks with us at times because of our system and how much easier it...

It can be done... but what value to you bring to a client outside of your immediate area? Do you have a special niche program that the thousands of local agents don't have? I feel like that is your only option to be successful from a distance.

[quote="glennen"]Anyone with experience with QQevolution? We are considering that one and hawksoft. Any thoughts?[/quote] I switched fro Doris to QQEvolution 7 months ago and I am still trying to figure out what the catch is... QQ seems too good to be true. It is simple to use, cheap and c...

I work with BBSI and have been very happy with them. I was reluctant to place clients with a PEO but they provided a significant savings (WC, payroll) so the insured wanted to give it a shot. That was 4 years ago and things are still running smoothly. PEO's are not the answer for everybody but they ...

There is movement. I suspect something about your presentation or offer is not appealing to them. Do you have the money to buy them outright or are you a green agent that expects them to finance the deal through an earn out. Look at what you are offering and truely have to offer to a sunset agent tr...

I looked at every option available when going out on my own two years ago... I ended up with cluster based out of Northern, CA. SIAA seemed like an option but you are only as good as the MA you are assigned to and the MA I was supposed to affiliate with was not reponsive. They were better than the v...

Might make sense for somebody busting at the seams but if you still need the same number of CSR's and your bookkeeper... I don't see where the significant savings are coming from.

Outsourcing is one of those things that sounds great but the actual implementation is something different IMO. The independent agency system is driven by customer relationships and all of my AE's are extremely good at getting personal with our clients. I think if I switched to a system where they re...

What is the benefit?

goredsox,

if what you are doing isn't working then you need to try something. I am not saying Jans is the answer to all of your problems but if you need some marketing ideas and some training for your CSR's to become more sales oriented... he is a solid option.

I don't do a whole lot of trucking... but I do have three fairly good sized fleets (25-40 units) placed through Deep South.

http://www.deep-south.com/

CIG and Sequoia are pretty good for LRO's that are not cookie cutter.

Is anybody monitoring this site? Can we ban this guy and track his IP to avoid a repeat?