Latest Independent Agencies Headlines
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Inside the Beltway-Why Health Care Reform Matters to P/C Agents
May 18 2009 // P/C Agents Join Fight Against Competing Government Health Plan Property/casualty insurance agents have elevated health care reform to the top of their political agenda; the matter is now just a notch below the perennial...
Top 100 Agencies: Deadline to Submit, June 1
May 15 2009 // Insurance Journal is on the search for the nation’s leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report. Now,...
Agents and Brokers: Deadline to Submit for IJ’s Top 100, June 1
May 5 2009 // Insurance Journal is on the search for the nation’s leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report. Now,...
What Young Agents Value About Being Independent
Apr 24 2009 // Good things come to those who wait and work hard. Even in today’s challenging economic climate, young independent insurance agents remain hopeful and happy to be in a profession that allows them to work...
The Freedom to Grow
Apr 20 2009 // What Young Agents Value About Being Independent Profile of Young Agents Older Side of Young 62% are 31 to 40 years old 38% are 30 and under Career Choice 84% consider insurance to be a permanent career choice 14% are...
50 Things Independent Agents Like LEAST
Apr 20 2009 // The exclusive 2009 Insurance Journal Young Agents Survey asked independent agents under 40 years old what they like least about being an independent agent. Here’s what some of the 692 agents who took the survey had...
101 Things Young Agents Like MOST
Apr 20 2009 // The exclusive 2009 Insurance Journal Young Agents Survey asked independent agents under 40 years old: What do you like most about being an independent agent? Here’s what some of the 692 agents who took the survey had...
Liaisons Highlight Consumer Insurance Concerns
Apr 6 2009 // Consumer Advocates Focus on How Insurers Treat Insureds in Difficult Economic, Credit Climate Insurance agents, brokers and regulators should be aware that when it comes to insurance, consumers are concerned with such...
Say What You Mean: Character, Integrity and Independent Agents
Apr 2 2009 // “I meant what I said, and said what I meant…” Although that quote was written in 1954 by Dr. Seuss in his book “Horton Hears a Who,” it is a powerful reminder today to act with character and...
Texas Independent Agents Urge Adequate Windstorm Funding
Mar 27 2009 // Since funding for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has become a top priority for the Texas Legislature, statewide lawmakers have debated several solutions that will impact policyholders in Texas, according...
New Insurance Agencies Defy Hard Economy, Soft Market
Mar 25 2009 // Against economic and soft markets odds, independent insurance agents have been starting up new property/casualty agencies from Florida to California and states in-between since 2007. For years, the number of agencies in...
It Figures
Mar 23 2009 // $568 Million Amount spent by New York City to settle damage claims in fiscal year 2008 – an amount that was about $10 million higher than the previous year. Property damage from two major storms helped drive the...
Liaisons Keep Consumers’ Insurance Concerns at the Forefront
Mar 23 2009 // Loss of Faith in Insurance Providers Would Affect Sales, Advocates Say Insurance agents, brokers and regulators should be aware that when it comes to insurance, consumers are concerned with such issues as the use of credit...
Minico Offers Select Agent Program for Independent Insurance Agents, Brokers
Mar 20 2009 // Phoenix-based MiniCo Insurance has an expanded benefits program for independent agents and brokers who write a larger volume of business with the company. Those with at least four in-force policies with MiniCo Insurance...
CAA Adds Agencies from Oklahoma and Kansas
Mar 10 2009 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced it has expanded outside of Texas with two new members, Ed Berrong Insurance Agency, based in Oklahoma and Bridges Group Inc., based in Kansas. A...
A Letter to the President
Mar 9 2009 // President Barack Obama recently received the following letter from the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America congratulating him on becoming the 44th President of the United States of America, and...
A Letter to the President
Mar 9 2009 // President Barack Obama recently received the following letter from the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America congratulating him on becoming the 44th President of the United States of America, and...
Changing Demographics Offer a World of Opportunity for Enterprising Agents
Mar 9 2009 // Minorities Destined to Become Majority by Mid-Century Before the 21st century reaches the half-way mark, more than 50 percent of the population of the United States will be represented by a vast cultural mix of people...
Mercury Insurance Chairman: Independent Agents Will Always Have Future
Feb 22 2009 // Despite the seemingly difficult times independent insurance agents may be facing today, they will always have a future, according to George Joseph, chairman and founder of Mercury Insurance, considered one of the most...
Who’s Worth What?
Feb 22 2009 // Agency Salary Survey: Agencies Trim Payrolls and Raises Independent insurance agencies remain reliable employers even in these rocky economic times, but even they have to cut back occasionally. Whether due to efficiencies...
