Big I Alliance

Scott McKee is the director of agency recruitment for the Big “I” Alliance Gold program, an agency alliance opportunity available exclusively to Big “I” members.

Kendyl Meseck is the new business intake manager at Goldleaf Surety Services, where she helps clients and agency partners navigate the bonding process.

Building an independent insurance agency requires not just tenacity and carrier contacts, but the mindset that you’re steadfastly committed to the journey.

If insurers have better visibility into whether home devices are active and functioning, they could intervene early, resolve installation or connectivity issues and ensure credits reflect genuine mitigation.

Providing timely, accurate certificates of insurance is essential to keep clients’ projects and contracts moving. Yet, for many agencies, handling these requests has become a significant bottleneck.

The ramifications of the Los Angeles wildfires reinforce the critical reality that insurance must be positioned as one component of resilience, not a complete financial solution.

In a market where carriers are inundated with submissions, agents can help their product liability clients secure the coverage they need by understanding carriers’ appetite and capitalizing on the opportunities they offer. 

Agents in the surety bond sector must understand not only the intricacies of the product but also the broader market conditions at play. Here are three tips.

While the global surety market is expected to continue to grow through 2032, it has yet to see changes driven by funding allocation for government contracts or by tariffs. 

While the builders risk insurance sector continues to remain profitable, economic and environmental uncertainties within the construction industry are forcing builders and insurers to rethink their strategies.