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Spiking M&A activity in 2021 and steep competition for carrier appointments led a second-generation independent agent to consider next steps for his agency – to acquire or be acquired – and if he stayed in the business, how best to expand and become more profitable.

Feeling restricted by the captive offering, here's the story of just one insurance agent who chose the mission to put people first, over his loyalty to his brand — and left a captive career to start his own successful agency.

Cyberattacks can result in a significant loss of time and money— not to mention lasting emotional effects. Your clients need to be aware that this can happen to them and could have major impacts. Here are some tips and solutions to help offer them peace of mind.

The Smart Choice Life program is where your search ends! Choco Harwell, Smart Choice’s life insurance expert, talks about the Smart Choice Life program and why it’s the best opportunity independent insurance agents have to grow their book of business through it.

No one could have anticipated the challenges and changes brought by the last two years. The impacts of COVID-19 created monumental shifts in how we work, use technology, communicate and interact. As we head into 2022, here are some of the things we learned about what top agents and agencies are doing to blaze their path forward into the future.

Cyber-Security:

More Important Now Than Ever!

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Tell the truth right from the very first contact with the prospect, and you will have someone who will listen and respect you for it.

Independent agents gain greater control over their business, client solutions, and long-term growth opportunities.

Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing frequency and severity of ransomware attacks have put pressure on the U.S. cyber liability market, creating an imbalance between coverage supply and demand. Insurance agents need to keep up with the constantly changing nature of technology, and cyber policies are becoming more complicated.

Learn from Independent Agents about the critical need to anticipate and pivot when change demands it. 

InsurTech solutions have definitely changed the way we all do business. However, I encourage you to not consider InsurTech as a disruptor of business as usual, but as a new opportunity to optimize your agency. Here’s what you need to know about this game-changing trend.

I’m going to go where no author has gone before….writing an article about Cyber with no mind-boggling statistics that would scare you, no prattling on about coverages, sublimits, and first or third party exposures. No “inside baseball” talk about loss prevention and breach response being key to every business’s cyber security strategy. Frankly, you’ve heard it all before.