Hi! As the brat of a former Farmers agent, who successfully left the direct writing world to become an independent broker, the rewards so outweighed the sacrifices that we had to do for awhile in order to successfully mire this minefield. I believe that if you survey the average independent broker t...

Hi Sandit,

Yes, this is correct with Group Health, but not with Property & Casualty. The marketplace is completely different.

SWorth, you said it! Thank you for being so specific to your response.

Pardon my ignorance, but are you an independent broker Racerd? Your responses don't lead me to think that you are and that is ok, but I think your response to Dilbert is uncalled for. As an independent broker for 20+ years, I completely agree with Dilbert and also, am aware of the costs involved to ...

Progressive has backdoored agents from CA (I do not know about other States, but assume they do this in all States) for sometime. As an independent broker, I would not deal with them period. I have an associate that had a Commercial account with Progressive. The company relayed one bit of informatio...

I completely agree about Insurance Noodle. The online platform is wonderful and they are adding additional lines of business to support Commercial Lines. I did not have good luck with Superior Access. The other excellent avenue is Networked Insurance Agents in Grass Valley, CA for Commercial and Per...

Hi! I access Insurance Noodle for their BOP markets, but know that they have expanded considerably and offer many services to brokers. However, the one weakness I have experienced is in the area of customer service. As long as your issues are controlled to website, you are good to go, but have notic...

A good source of information is IBA West for CA and there are other organizations that also do a lot of education and that would be helpful in setting up your new agency. Another good resource is Insurance Skills Center http://www.insuranceskillscenter.com, as they have a procedures manual template ...