Smart Choice, a North Carolina-based firm that works with independent agencies, reported record growth, with more than 1,450 agencies joining the network in 2024. Last year marked the eighth-straight year with more than 1,000 agencies joining, along with new carriers, …
Renaissance Alliance, a network of independent insurance agencies, has acquired another network – Agency Partners Inc. (API). With headquarters in Alma, Georgia, API has grown rapidly in the last four years to now include 54 member agencies in Georgia and …
Independent insurance agency network Renaissance Alliance reports that it has expanded its presence in New York by adding three agencies to its membership. The newest members are Fraleigh and Rakow, with office locations in Rhinebeck, Millerton and Pine Plains; John …
Tampa-based Rip Weachter Insurance agency has become part of the Renaissance Alliance, a rapidly growing national network of independent agencies. Rip Weachter, founded in 1989, offers personal lines, commercial lines, contractors’ liability, workers’ compensation and cyber insurance coverage, the companies …
The MarshBerry Platform announced it has merged with First Choice Agents Alliance (FCAA). The merger will position the combined firms as one of the insurance brokerage industry’s top agency partnerships. MarshBerry Platform and FCAA, each on their own, represent two …
Insurance agency network Renaissance Alliance has acquired two other agency networks, one in New Jersey and another in California. Massachusetts-based Renaissance, which calls itself the “agency growth engine,” announced it had acquired Agency Network Exchange, a 60-member exchange based in …
Keystone Insurers Group has added Family Insurance Center of Seymour, Wisconsin, and the Walker Agency Inc., with locations in Berlin, Montello and Westfield, Wisconsin, to its growing list of partners in that state. Family Insurance Center was established in 1988 …
Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC, has added three new partner agencies to its network. The latest additions are: Patterson & Associates Insurance in Richardson, Texas; NP Dodge Insurance in Omaha, Nebraska; and Ryder Rosacker McCue & Huston Insurance …
An insurance industry lender is among those touting a new association for insurance agency networks. The lender, Live Oak Bancshares Inc., says it will not have ownership in the new group, Insurance Networks Alliance (INA), but will be an ongoing …
The largest alliance of independent insurance agencies in the United States, SIAA, or the Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance, added 441 new independent agencies to its membership roster in 2016, bringing the total number of members to more than 6,100 agencies. …
