The 100-plus year-old independent agency distribution system is expanding, according to Future One’s 2012 Agency Universe Study. The number of...
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In the days before Superstorm Sandy, there were many questions. When and where would it arrive, and what kind of...
As Americans do their best to plan for retirement, all it takes is a visit to a financial planner to...
West Chester, Pa.-based ProWriters (www.prowritersins.com), formerly a professional liability division of Venture Insurance Programs, has become an independent managing general...
Firmer insurance prices and an upward trend in agency revenues are signs of good times for most independent agencies. These...
Confie Seguros was acquired by Boston-based private equity firm ABRY Partners in a deal that closed on Friday under which...
It seems that every year commercial property is one of the top three lines of business generating errors and omissions...

If you’re startled by this headline, you’re not alone. Until recently, the words “reform” and “captive” were rarely used in...
The 2012 presidential election is coming up quickly and the media is outputting endless stories, videos, tweets and more about...

Salespeople, broadly speaking, fall into three categories. There are those elusive few, typically the 20 percent of the firm’s salespeople,...