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.

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.
Retaining clients can be challenging when faced with carriers withdrawing from markets, steep rate increases and an onslaught of remarketing requests from customers.
Natural disasters are becoming more frequent, resulting in significant financial losses and exposing inadequate insurance coverage—including gaps in clients’ insurance coverage that lead to increased errors & omissions claims against agents.
As hard as it may be to believe, the oldest wave of Generation Z is now hitting their late twenties. While Gen Z insurance needs are evolving, they’re not too different from their predecessors.
The right mindset can help you overcome challenges, unlock potential and achieve goals that once seemed out of reach. Here are six strategies to fuel your focus to be a more successful producer.
Here are four ways that adopting a digital payments solution can improve customer experience.
When Michelle O’Connor and her husband started their insurance agency 25 years ago, they knew from the very beginning that joining the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina was a must.
On this episode of Agency Nation Radio, hear how two Big “I” state associations are highlighting opportunities for women in insurance.
Gonyo worked every role in an independent agency—from the front desk to producing—before starting her own agency at 32 years old with “minimal money in a tiny little office,” she says. Today, Blue Line Insurance has four branches and 15 employees, 14 of whom are women.
Answer common questions and paint a picture for your clients of what to expect in this year’s personal auto insurance market by being prepared to discuss these six market trends.