Agency Operations

Communication is the name of the game in the challenging coastal insurance market—and Kelley Carter, a communication and business major, has applied that wholeheartedly.

As errors & omissions from post-merger & acquisition missteps rise, here are four ways agencies can reduce exposure after a deal is done.

A revenue acquisition can compress years of organic growth into a few short years and dramatically increase an agency’s value.

An independent agency valuation is the key to determining your agency value, and can also help you understand what levers you can pull to increase value over time.

On this episode of Agency Nation Radio, Peter van Aartrijk, executive vice president with insurance branding firm Aartrijk, hosts a discussion on best practices when making an agency acquisition—whether it’s your first purchase or just your most recent acquisition. 

When Michelle O’Connor and her husband started their insurance agency 25 years ago, they knew from the very beginning that joining the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina was a must.

Gonyo worked every role in an independent agency—from the front desk to producing—before starting her own agency at 32 years old with “minimal money in a tiny little office,” she says. Today, Blue Line Insurance has four branches and 15 employees, 14 of whom are women.