SIAA Adds Five In West in October

The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance signed 40 new member agencies in October, five of those in the Western U.S.

Of October’s signed members, 29 are “start-up” or “scratch” agencies new to the independent agency system, many of them former “captive” agents, bringing new premium dollars and new people into the system.

October’s new West members include:

• Andrea Edmundson of Valencia, Calif.
• Centurywide Insurance Services of San Diego, Calif.
• Onpoint Insurance Group of St. George, Utah
• Allen Insurance Services of Pueblo, Colo.
• Way West Insurance Agency of Cody, Wyo.
• SIAA helped create 299 new agencies in 2011 from a total of 412 newly signed members. 241 have been created so far in 2012.

Since its inception in 1995, SIAA has signed over 4,250 new members.