8 Strategies for Staying Informed About Carrier Ratings
Insurance carrier ratings provide insights into the financial strength, stability and reputation of insurers and help you when recommending coverage options to your clients.

Insurance carrier ratings provide insights into the financial strength, stability and reputation of insurers and help you when recommending coverage options to your clients.
In 2023, Isler received the InsurPac Young Agent of the Year award for helping AIIA win its first InsurPac Eagle Award. In 2024, she received the national Young Agent of the Year Award for leadership in her local and state associations.
Nancy Germond, Big “I” executive director of risk management and education, is a second-generation insurance professional who has written scores of risk-management articles and a book on workers compensation.
The increase in catastrophic events and higher loss ratios has the potential to significantly impact agencies’ profit sharing, revenue, carrier appointments and other valuation factors.
While preventing every cancellation is impossible, a well-executed process can save clients and retain more business.
As agency managers strive to perpetuate their agency, here are key areas to focus training and administrative efforts to reduce errors & omissions exposures.
In her short insurance career, Stafford has acquired the certified professional insurance agent (CPIA) designation and was recognized as a 2023 Young Agent Mover and Shaker by Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B).
Osuyah’s first venture into insurance was in 2004 when he purchased his mother-in-law’s Allstate agency. He quickly realized that this was not the right road for him and decided to go the independent agency route.
Before implementing artificial intelligence in your agency, understand the product and what it can do, Test the product before purchasing it, and simultaneously use human processes.
Brian Chapman, agent and owner of Chapman Insurance in Florida, sits down with Cassie Masone, vice president of flood operations at Selective Insurance.