AN Radio: Best Practices and Goal Setting for 2025
The latest Agency Nation Radio episode discusses how agencies can use the data from the Best Practices Study to make decisions and transform their business.
Agency Operations
What Commercial Clients Should Know About Earthquake Insurance
For the most part, earthquake is a covered peril in traditional insurance but policies tend to have low sublimits compared to other perils.
4 Ways a Bank Loan Can Fuel Agency Growth in 2025
By Scott Freiday In the highly competitive and evolving insurance landscape, independent agency owners face a unique set of challenges and myriad capital needs to sustain their growth. As we head into 2025, there is a greater sense of urgency for agencies to invest in technology and talent and make strategic mergers & acquisitions (M&A). The average…
How Agents Can Take Advantage of E&O Defenses
Here are five proactive ways to maximize your chances of successfully defending against an errors & omissions claim.
What Types of Interest Rates Do Lenders Use?
By Alicia Chandler The recent rate cuts by the Federal Reserve have prompted more agency owners to think about ways to grow their businesses. With the cost of borrowing starting to ease, many agency owners feel now may be the time to take a chance on new growth initiatives aided through debt financing. Not all lenders are…
5 Areas Where Alignment Can Make or Break an Acquisition
The landscape of agency acquisitions is as challenging as it is rewarding. To be successful, an acquisition requires a delicate balance between strategic alignment, financial prudence, cultural fit and more.
4 Wishes on an E&O Claims Handler’s Letter to Santa
Hi, Santa. It’s Brian, your favorite agents and brokers errors & omissions claims handler, writing after a year of diligently navigating the complexities of E&O claims.
Declaration of Independents: Stephanie Dew
In 2022, Dew, then 20% owner of WinStar, learned that the other two owners would be retiring. She didn’t want to see the agency absorbed by the large buyers circling overhead and decided she would buy it herself—even if it meant mortgaging her house.
Mitigating and Managing Workers Comp Claims
Insurance agents play a key role in helping their clients prevent injuries, reduce claims, protect the health of their employees and safeguard the financial health of their businesses.
How Independent Insurance Agency Values Will Respond to the Election
Like elections in the past, this one will not impact agency values—but fiscal policy could impact the portion owners take home.
