December 3, 2024
It’s a family affair at Heritage Insurance Agency and not just because a husband-and-wife team run the firm. Steve Mora, the principal and CEO, who runs the Chico, California-based agency along with his wife Kelly, principal and chief marketing officer, …
December 3, 2024
USI a ‘Well-Oiled Machine’ in Year 30 A thirtieth birthday marks a key milestone in a person’s life. It’s the age when crashing on your friend’s couch is no longer an acceptable sleeping arrangement, and when every bend of the …
December 2, 2024
It’s often easy to put a finger on exactly why someone likes their job, and if there’s more than one thing to like, that says something good about the workplace. But what does it say if there are almost too …
November 26, 2024
Want a simple, yet effective agency management tip for making your employees happy? Treat them like customers. That mindset stood out among comments from employees who nominated Morris & Garritano in Insurance Journal’s 2024 Best Agency to Work For survey. …
November 26, 2024
At Mackoul Risk Solutions, ‘Employees Come First’ Instead of becoming a major league umpire, Ed Mackoul chose to help his father build an insurance empire. Ed wasn’t sure how his life would turn out before joining Mackoul & Associates in …
November 26, 2024
Earlier this year CoVerica Insurance rolled out an employee-owned stock program, giving the agency’s staff an opportunity to become part-owners of the organization. That decision to become an employee-owned company gave CoVerica members an opportunity to buy into the company’s …
November 22, 2023
The Driving Force Behind Success Is a Motivated and Engaged Team At Energy Insurance Agency in Lexington, Kentucky, creating a great place to work is at the core of the agency’s success. The company’s family-friendly policies, personal attention to employees, …
November 21, 2023
As a multi-year winner of Insurance Journal’s Best Agency to Work For award, J.D. Powers of Powers Insurance & Risk Management doesn’t lose sight of what the honor represents to the St. Louis, Missouri-based company. “The fact that it’s not …
November 21, 2023
At CoVerica Insurance, employees live by four precepts: Die to self (i.e., set aside your pride, biases, prejudices and personal history); Actions sought to support the best interests of all involved; Do the right things for the right reasons; and …
November 21, 2023
Growing the Business Is a Team Effort When Insurance Journal called Danielle Ellis, principal at Ellis Insurance Agency in Charleston, West Virginia, with the news that the agency had been named one of the Best Agencies to Work For in …