HR and Staffing

2025 brought major changes that impact employers and employees. Here are six developments and what you can do to prepare your business for what’s ahead in 2026.

For agents, addressing long-term care doesn’t mean selling a policy. It means guiding clients through a conversation they’ve likely never had before. It means reframing the discussion from fear and avoidance to control and preparedness.

The COO works in partnership with peers to set the vision and direction, but also ensures the vision becomes a reality by aligning people, processes and performance.

Every agency has its own “unwritten rules”: those lessons, bits of wisdom or do’s and don’ts that may not show up in trainings or be written down anywhere but make all the difference in running a successful business

Independent Agent magazine speaks with an agent from each revenue category about their experiences with the Best Practices Study and how their business operates.

Jamie Behymer, director of diversity, inclusion and young agents at the Big “I,” leads initiatives that empower emerging leaders and help independent insurance agencies become more inclusive.

Have you hit the dreaded “Producer Plateau”? Here are five ways to break through, from an agent who’s been there.

On this episode of Agency Nation Radio, we chat with Dallas Ross, agent at Timmco Insurance.   Like many others, Ross was born into the insurance industry and always knew the industry was where she belonged.