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Here are three examples of how automation can make your agency more efficient and impress your clients.

Between 2012 and 2016, personal auto claim frequency and severity increased, which pushed rates up. But over the last six to 12 months, the personal auto market demonstrated solid rate moderation.

Independent agent Sally Fabre predicts that there will be more uninsured drivers on the road in the future. “Clients are already being overwhelmed by the rising price of rent, healthcare and food,” she says. “Car insurance is a huge moral and financial di

By: Volume 116, No. 9

Most insurance agents and agencies aren’t giving their clients what they want on the communications front, which is making their sales and marketing efforts ineffective. The solution: Texting.

When your agency’s technology changes, workflows and employee behavior must change too.

Since joining the independent agency channel at age 16, new Big ‘I’ Chairman Jon Jensen has seen it all. Now, he’s focused on perpetuating the industry.

Whether it’s organized as a sole proprietorship, a partnership, an LLC, an S-corp or a C-corp, or it uses multiple structures, understanding your agency’s legal structure could have important implications for the future of your business.

While large businesses may have the human and financial resources as well as risk transfer mechanisms to overcome a cybercrime event, small businesses are often targets precisely because they do not have these resources or security measures in place.

With just 2-3% of new customers entering the personal lines auto insurance market each year, direct companies and independent agents are best positioned to capture this portion of the market.