Latest Independent Agencies Headlines
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Bill to End Death Taxes Beneficial to Independent Agents
Jun 13 2000 // Last week’s Congressional vote to eliminate the so-called death tax has the Independent Insurance Agents of America very pleased, though they are mindful it is the first step down the long road to enactment. IIAA...
Homeowner Policy Sales Make a Successful Online Debut
Jun 12 2000 // One of the most recent “firsts” in online insurance transactions is the opportunity for consumers to actually bind homeowners policies online. Homesite Insurance holds the distinction of being the first company...
Technology is Your Slave, Not Your Master
Jun 12 2000 // The exhibit hall at the ACORD Technology Conference in Orlando last month would have made your head spin. On the one hand, technology is increasingly complex and sophisticated. On the other, it becomes easier when you keep...
Agent Associations Bridge the GAP BetweenTradition and Technology
Jun 5 2000 // The IIAT and IIAA have the arduous task of integrating a century of traditional service with a new evolution of business and technology. And while many things are changing, much remains the same. For over 100 years, small...
How Two Agents Declared Independence
Jun 5 2000 // With all of the attention being placed on mergers and clusters by independent insurance agencies trying to survive decreasing commissions and increasing costs, it’s easy to forget that there are still people out...
goapply.com To Host Independent Insurance Agent
May 31 2000 // goapply.com, a fully transactional financial services web site, will host web sites for insurance agents nationwide. Agents will be provided with goapply.com’s menu of products and the opportunity to participate in...
Texas Independent Agents to Gather in Dallas for IIAT ConventionSpecial tracks for young agents, C
May 15 2000 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ annual convention kicks off June 8-10 at the Wyndham Anatole Hotel in Dallas. The opening day will include a full lineup of innovative and practical workshops presented by...
SEMCI: Paper Free this Century’
May 15 2000 // Sure, independent agencies offer a choice of markets. That’s a nice benefit. But it also means you must key in customer information more than once in different formats and screens to accommodate the various...
Independent Currents: SEMCI, Paper-Free this Century’
May 15 2000 // Sure, independent agencies offer a choice of markets. That’s a nice benefit. But it also means you must key in customer information more than once in different formats and screens to accommodate the various...
SEMCI: Paper-Free this Century’
May 15 2000 // Sure, independent agencies offer a choice of markets. That’s a nice benefit. But it also means you must key in customer information more than once in different formats and screens to accommodate the various...
Men are from Mars, women from Venus, independent agents from Mercury
May 1 2000 // Bud Wilson, past president of the Independent Insurance Agents of America, has said to agents: “Choose your companies wisely.” Interpreted broadly, the argument supports any company providing competitive prices...
Kenny Waldt is Banking on his Future
Apr 24 2000 // Meet Kenny Waldt, independent agent from Houston. When I last checked in, back in November, he was toying with selling his $1.2 million revenue agency to a bank. Feeling pretty righteous about the value of his agency, he...
PEOs Change Focus by Courting Agents as Partners, not Customers
Apr 10 2000 // As much as 10 years ago, independent insurance agents were being courted by professional employer organizations (PEOs), which viewed the small structure of agents’ offices as ripe for their human resources...
