4 Tips For Growing Your Small Business Book Faster
Which carriers are truly built for the small businesses you write? Learn how smart agents evaluate appetite, tools and long-term fit.
Technology and Tools
How Agents Can Help Small Businesses Navigate AI-Related Risks
As small business risks evolve with the adoption of artificial intelligence, increasing digitalization and growing cyber threats, businessowners policies must keep pace with emerging exposures.
Be Seen as AI Changes the Way Consumers Search for Insurance
Consumers are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to search for answers to insurance questions and find independent insurance agencies.
Declaration of Independents: James Jenkins
Three years into owning a captive insurance agency, James Jenkins knew he wanted to go the independent agency route. In April 2019, he launched RiskWell, a technology-forward agency.
How ChatGPT Boosts the Need for Insurance Agents
Here are three ways artificial intelligence (AI) apps make the independent agent value proposition clearer than ever.
Why Agencies Should Map End-to-End Insurance Workflows Before They Automate
While workflow automation offers a clear path toward sustainable growth, implementing it without first analyzing how work gets done can create more bottlenecks.
ACT Ecosystem Exchange on AI, Connectivity and Change
Here are five takeaways from the Big “I” Agents Council for Technology (ACT) Ecosystem Exchange, held in Washington, D.C., at Ivans Connect at Applied Net 2026.
3 Ways Agents Can Help Clients Navigate an Evolving E&O Landscape
Agents can distinguish themselves by helping clients identify, assess and mitigate the errors & omission risks that impact the cost and level of coverage they need.
The Next Chapter of Applied Systems with CEO Graham Blackwell
On this two-part edition of Agency Nation Radio, Will Jones, Editor-in-Chief of Independent Agent magazine, interviews Graham Blackwell, Applied System’s new CEO, about his vision for the company, how artificial intelligence (AI) is shaping its future, and why he wants Applied to become the insurance industry’s AI transformation partner.
How AI Is Reshaping E&O Risks for Law, Technology and Real Estate Firms
The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is creating new risks and complexities for businesses across the technology, real estate and legal industries.
