I've been a captive agent for 3 years now and would like to move on to the independent side. How does one go about looking o buy an independent agency. I'm sure there are some Independents ready to get out of the business, what's the best strategy for finding out who these agency owners are?

What is the future of the Independent insurance agent? I know that alot of captive agents are seeing their companies lean more and more to the internet ane 800's (I'm a captive agent and I'm seeing the trend first hand). I would not be suprised to see captive agents obsolete in 15-20 years. Are any ...