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Insurance company-agency agreement wording for both property-casualty and group health agents requires compliance with all current state and federal privacy and data breach response laws.

Want to wake up to new leads in your inbox every Monday morning? Implement these three strategies to attract prospects—and keep them coming.

By: Volume 113, No. 7

Ten independent agents under age 31 share their experience and insights—and how they plan to perpetuate the industry.

If you don’t have a family member lined up to take the reins of your agency, you need to start perpetuation planning yesterday. Here’s how to develop a succession plan that leaves relatives out of the picture.

Is the independent insurance system prepared to fill the perpetuation gap? Industry leaders debate the issue.

The assumption that “bigger is better” can lead to disaster if an agency’s acquisition focus is growth alone, with no attention to E&O risks.

Last year, roughly $10 billion of the $25 billion in U.S. economic losses went uninsured. How are property-casualty insurers preparing for future storms to avoid larger payouts after the fact?

According to a recent study, 24% of independent agencies are considering courting outside buyers. But to succeed with this perpetuation plan, you must understand what investors are looking for.

If you handle personally identifiable information or protected health information—and all independent agents do—you need to encrypt your emails.