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ISU Network – #2 Agency Partnerships 2019
Sep 2 2019 // $559,580,000 2018 Total P/C Revenue ISU Network limits its size by adding new members, mid-sized to large agencies, by invitation only. But while this agency partnership is small in number, it’s not small in...
Smart Choice – #8 Agency Partnerships 2019
Sep 2 2019 // $108,378,576 2018 Total P/C Revenue Smart Choice is an agency network of 7,500 independent agency locations across 44 states. The network offers agencies of all sizes opportunities to build their business with limited...
What You Should Know Before Joining an Agency Network
Sep 2 2019 // Today is a great time to be an independent agent, but running an independent agency is not easy. Without an awareness of how the industry is evolving, and having access to ongoing training and education, you may not be...
Renaissance Alliance Insurance – #7 Agency Partnerships 2019
Sep 2 2019 // $109,262,128 2018 Total P/C Revenue Founded by agencies for agencies 20 years ago, the Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services LLC (RAIS) network thrives on helping independent agencies grow premium, profits and equity far...
Networked Insurance Agents – #16 Agency Partnerships 2019
Sep 2 2019 // $52,093,831 2018 Total P/C Revenue Networked Insurance Agents, an AmWINS Group company, provides an array of membership options from market access to direct access. “Based on the aggregation or direct access...
Pacific Interstate Insurance Brokers – #10 Agency Partnerships 2019
Sep 2 2019 // $97,002,661 2018 Total P/C Revenue Pacific Interstate Insurance Brokers (PIIB), launched in 1994, has more than 200 member agencies in nine states today. Agency members are treated equal even when it comes to cost to join....
Insurance Alliance Network – #19 Agency Partnerships 2019
Sep 2 2019 // $37,053,881 2018 Total P/C Revenue Every agency maintains independent ownership in their book of business when they become a member of the Insurance Alliance Network, part of the Alera Group. According to Jane D....
SIAA – #1 Agency Partnerships 2019
Sep 2 2019 // $1,211,398,245 2018 Total P/C Revenue The SIAA business model has been operating since 1983 in the Northeast and nationally since 1995. The organization operates with 48 local master agencies with over 350 associates...
United Agencies Inc. – #18 Agency Partnerships 2019
Sep 2 2019 // $46,000,000 2018 Total P/C Revenue United Agencies Inc. began as a cluster in 1962 when several insurance brokers came together to evaluate the direction of the insurance industry and how to best serve their customers in...
Georgia Agency Partners – #13 Agency Partnerships 2019
Sep 2 2019 // $68,000,000 2018 Total P/C Revenue Founded in 1995, the Georgia Agency Partners network is 15 agencies headquartered in Georgia. “We grow organically through our current members and do not add members just for volume...
AJG Not Liable for Late Notice that Cost Illinois Firm $1.34M
Sep 2 2019 // An Illinois construction company that waited six years to inform its excess insurer it had been sued cannot expect coverage from that carrier, and it can’t go after the insurance brokerage that sold it the policy, a...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires California Benefits Broker, Garnett-Powers & Associates
Aug 30 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired the University Services business of Mission Viejo, California-based benefits broker and consultant Garnett-Powers & Associates Insurance Services Inc. Terms of the transaction...
Canada Insurer The Co-operators Acquires Quebec Broker, Cadieux Beausejour Dupras
Aug 30 2019 // Canadian insurer The Co-operators has purchased the Saint Jérôme, Quebec-headquartered broker, Cadieux Beausejour Dupras Inc. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The brokerage’s portfolio includes...
With New, Legal Cannabis Industries, Illinois and Missouri Can Learn from Pioneer States
Aug 30 2019 // As Illinois and Missouri undertake the process of licensing businesses in their newly legalized cannabis industries — recreational in Illinois and medical in Missouri — they have the advantage of taking what has worked...
Moody Insurance of Florida Joins Liberty Company Insurance Brokers
Aug 30 2019 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers, a privately held agency on the West Coast, has partnered with Moody Insurance Group of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. This marks Liberty’s first venture outside of California, laying the...
Update: Florida Prepares for Hurricane Dorian; CoreLogic Cites $145B Exposure
Aug 29 2019 // Hurricane Dorian has set its sights on the Southeast coast, with Florida likely to be the state that feels the biggest impact when it makes its U.S. landfall sometime over the weekend or early next week, according to...
New Specialty Broker McGill & Partners Forms U.S. Subsidiary
Aug 29 2019 // The new London-based insurance broker, McGill & Partners, is forming a Delaware-based subsidiary and is obtaining U.S. licenses to operate, the company’s founder Steve McGill has confirmed. When McGill &...
Disability Insurance Services Hires Cremens as Regional Brokerage Manager
Aug 28 2019 // Disability Insurance Services (DIS), a provider of disability insurance, has hired Scott Cremens as regional brokerage manager (RBM) – the company’s first RBM in Connecticut. Cremens brings 15 years of...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers, Inc. Partners with Florida-based Moody Insurance Group
Aug 28 2019 // Los Angeles, CA, August 28, 2019 — The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers, one of the fastest growing privately held agencies on the West Coast, announced today a partnership with Moody Insurance Group of Ft. Lauderdale,...
5 Insurtechs Working to Improve Agency Processes, Efficiency
Aug 26 2019 // Independent insurance agents can find sifting through the many insurtech products to pinpoint ones suited to their needs is a daunting assignment. But it’s an assignment they must tackle, according to agency...
