Homeowners Rates Increase 40% in 6 Years, According to LendingTree
Nationally, homeowners insurance rates jumped 11.4% in 2024, with double-digit increases reported in the last two years.
Renewals
How Independent Agents Can Adapt to Meet Changing Consumer Expectations
From the long-lasting impact of the pandemic to the turmoil of the hard market, personal lines consumer preferences are shifting. Here’s how independent agents can keep up.
6 Ways to Boost Client Retention With a Renewal and Remarketing Plan
Retaining clients can be challenging when faced with carriers withdrawing from markets, steep rate increases and an onslaught of remarketing requests from customers.
Big ‘I’ Expands Trusted Choice® Hard Market Toolkit
The newly expanded resource—which builds upon the toolkit first published in July 2023—covers a wide range of updates and strategies for navigating the challenges posed by the hard market.
Trusted Choice Survey: How Agents Are Adapting to the Hard Market
Client communication, retention, technology and team morale are among agents’ top priorities in adapting to the hard market.
How to Turn Agency Critics into Agency Advocates
Using and understanding the net promoter score (NPS) metric can help you take a proactive approach to account management.
AN Radio: Navigating Client Communications in a Hard Market
Kelly Donahue-Piro, owner of Agency Performance Partners, sits down with two experienced agency presidents to share advice for how to interact with clients in the hard market.
Take It from Grandma: Send a Card and Watch Your Agency Grow
How handwritten cards can increase your agency’s retention rates.
Building Your Book of Advocates
Producers need to leverage their relationships to build advocates who can help them forge new customer relationships. Here are the three types of advocates and how to build them.
