Latest Agency Growth Headlines
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Texas All Risk General Agency, Inc.’s Technology Brings Growth in Houston
May 28 2015 // Dallas, TX, May 28, 2015 – Following 3 years of exceptional results in personal lines, Texas All Risk General Agency, Inc. is again expanding it’s homeowners/dwelling fire aggregate in the Greater Houston...
Interpersonal Relationships Promote Your Agency’s Growth
May 18 2015 // Relationships are the currency of commerce. Without them, no one buys or sells anything. These interactions might involve interfaces or individuals – but the end result is always the same … a product or service and...
Old Mutual Q1 Sales Rise 18% on Growth in Emerging Markets Business
May 14 2015 // Old Mutual plc, the London-based insurer, said first-quarter sales gained 18 percent as revenue from operations in Africa jumped by a third. Gross sales increased to 7.3 billion pounds ($11.5 billion), from 6.3 billion...
IIABNY: Study Shows N.Y. Insurance Agents Are Growing
May 6 2015 // With deep roots in their communities, New York independent insurance agencies are healthy and growing, Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. (IIABNY ) said. IIABNY said a recent analysis of New York...
6 Juicy Excuses for Why Your Agency Didn’t Grow Last Year
Jan 26 2015 // It’s a brand new year. Hopefully last year’s numbers were where you wanted them to be: solid growth, increased revenue and expenses under control. But for those agencies that didn’t add to their book,...
Kansas Agents See Increased Demand for Earthquake Insurance
Dec 1 2014 // Kansas insurance agencies say they’ve been flooded with queries about earthquake coverage after a 4.8 magnitude temblor struck near Conway Springs on Nov. 12. “We have been getting calls all day,” said...
Kansas Agents See Increased Demand for Earthquake Insurance
Nov 17 2014 // Kansas insurance agencies say they’ve been flooded with queries about earthquake coverage after the 4.8 magnitude temblor on Nov. 12. “We have been getting calls all day,” Matt Woodall, who works at a...
Large Agencies More Optimistic About Future Growth: Study
Nov 17 2014 // Optimism over the future growth potential of independent agencies ties closely to the size of the independent agency, with larger agencies feeling more optimistic about future growth than their smaller counterparts,...
Pet Insurance Outpaces Accident-Health in Sales Growth
Nov 13 2014 // Maria Makara didn’t hesitate to insure her two new dogs. That’s because they’re family. Her previous pet, a Yorkshire terrier, died in 2013 after contracting pancreatitis and Cushing’s disease....
Large Agencies More Optimistic About Future Growth: Vertafore Study
Oct 17 2014 // Optimism over the future growth potential of independent agencies ties closely to the size of the independent agency, with larger agencies feeling more optimistic about future growth than their smaller counterparts,...
La Porta Named Director of Sales & Marketing for CIG in California
Sep 22 2014 // Capital Insurance Group has named John La Porta director of sales and marketing. La Porta will work alongside the regional field executives to provide direction and support for the agency development managers across the...
How a ‘Middle-Aged’ Marketer Can Help Your Agency Grow
Sep 22 2014 // It is common knowledge that if an agency wants to employ a dedicated marketer, hire a young person. They, and only they, know what is happening in social media. By virtue of their youth, and their presumed familiarity with...
American Technologies, Inc. Adds Terry Hunt as Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Aug 27 2014 // Orange, CA, 8/27/14 – American Technologies, Inc. is proud to announce that Terry Hunt has been hired as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In addition to his sales and marketing duties he will become an integral...
Young Agents Rate Flexibility, Career Growth Over Technology: Vertafore Survey
Aug 14 2014 // Technology is not an incentive when it comes to attracting and retaining millennials to the insurance industry but it can provide overall job satisfaction in terms of flexibility and career growth opportunities, according...
Last Chance: Submit Your Sales, Marketing & Agency Management Ideas
Aug 5 2014 // Calling innovative insurance marketers! Share your sales, marketing and agency management ideas with the insurance community and they could be featured in Insurance Journal magazine’s Aug. 18 issue. To submit your...
Soft P/C Market Flattens Independent Agencies’ Organic Growth in Q2: Reagan Consulting
Aug 5 2014 // Independent insurance agents and brokers reported median organic growth of 5.8 percent for the second quarter of 2014, a weakening from 6.2 percent for the first quarter of 2014 and 6.9 percent for the second quarter of...
Contemporary Growth Tips From a 150-Year Old Agency
Jul 21 2014 // Imagine running an insurance agency 150 years ago. Essentially all that was available to sell was fire insurance and perhaps some marine. Fast forward to today and that same operation – now celebrating its...
Hits to TrustedChoice.com Growing, Big ‘I’ Chair-Elect Tells Texas Agents
Jun 12 2014 // Insurance consumer interest in Trusted Choice, the national brand created for the members of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or Big “I”), is growing, according the...
Michigan’s Fremont Insurance Adds Fasi as VP – Marketing and Sales
Mar 17 2014 // Fremont Insurance, a Michigan-exclusive property/casualty insurance carrier with headquarters in Fremont, has hired Rich Fasi as vice president of marketing and sales. Experienced in marketing, product management and...
Retro-Theme Marketing, a Fun Approach to Motivation and Sales
Feb 24 2014 // Now that the new year has settled down into just “the year,” it’s a great time to inspire growth-driven agency action. But, touting what you offer the same way, year after year, can be downright dismal...
