Insurance

As an independent agent, you can leverage emerging trends to grow your business, increase your revenue, and secure your future. This report digs into the data to show you what’s happening now and what tomorrow may bring.

A strong online presence is essential for insurance agencies, as a well-designed website and strategic content can attract high-quality leads, build trust, and enhance customer engagement.

Clusters, aggregators, and networks offer perks for agents—each with key differences to consider before joining.

Ongoing training is crucial for agents to stay informed in the fast-paced insurance industry, build confidence, and provide exceptional service to clients, ensuring they remain competitive and prepared for any industry changes.

To hire top insurance talent, refine timing, messaging, branding, and use social media and referrals wisely.

Young professionals representing independent agents emphasize the critical role of agency perpetuation plans in ensuring future business growth and identifying diverse funding sources.

Mike Miller successfully transformed his career from law enforcement to insurance with Smart Choice by seizing opportunities, building experience in a captive agency, emphasizing independence through ownership and lack of non-compete agreements, leveraging a large network for negotiation power and support, focusing on personal effort and consistency, and adapting to industry changes while navigating his transition and flourishing in the insurance field.

Smart Choice is the only insurance network recognized as a company devoted to providing agencies with the tools and resources they need to start, run, and grow their businesses.

Life insurance software helps P&C insurance agencies streamline sales, boost efficiency, and increase revenue by integrating with existing systems and offering flexible, consumer-friendly solutions.

Thuan Hieu Nguyen, a biostatistics graduate turned insurance agency owner, thrives in the insurance industry through his deep community involvement and the supportive network of Smart Choice, which has played a crucial role in his agency's growth and success.

As Artificial Intelligence becomes increasingly ingrained in commercial insurance, its integration revolutionizes risk assessment, underwriting processes, and claims management, promising heightened efficiency, accuracy, and customer satisfaction, while also prompting a vigilant approach towards regulatory compliance and ethical considerations.

Christy Stevenson underscores the pivotal role of Smart Choice in aiding Georgia agents to navigate the challenges of the hard market by providing access to a robust portfolio of E&S partners through Express Markets, emphasizing the importance of building rapport with underwriters to ensure prompt consideration of submissions and successful placement of previously standard Commercial business.