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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...