Hey Paul,

That is the requirement where I live. What state are you in? I can find out for you what the requirements are as far as capital and bonding go.

Hi all, I am hoping to get your opinion on the difficulty in getting carriers to work with a new GA. Is it difficult to get appointments? More so than a retail agent would have? I currently work in retail and getting appointments has been relatively easy. I am also curious about capital requirement...

Usual is around 30% of renewal commission. That is what I paid my producers for their renewals, and I would pay them 45% of the NB commission. As far as AORs go, that was treated the same as any other renewal in my agency. Feel free to contact me if you'd like to chat more. I don't own the agency, a...

I'm located in FL as well and have gone through the torture of starting an independent agency from scratch. LOL. Feel free to PM me with any questions. Also, here is an article that is geared towards starting an independent agency: http://www.epicagentmarketing.com/index.php?option=com_content&v...

My company is in the development stages of iPhone/android apps geared towards producers. Any suggestions on what ya'll would like to see in these apps would be much appreciated.

-Bob

I'm no CPA, but my thought would be that this should vary based on state employment regulation.

This is illegal in my state. (Florida)

If you'd like to know whats involved with starting a scratch independent agency check out this link...

http://www.epicagentmarketing.com/index ... Itemid=108

Thanks,
Bob

Here is an article from my blog, on http://www.epicagentmarketing.com regarding asking for referrals. Hope this helps. Published on 04 May 2012 Asking a customer for the names of a friend or two shouldn’t be a problem. All too often agents will NOT ask for referrals, and sit back and wait for their ...