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How to Go From Captive Agent to Independent Insurance Agency Owner

Captive or independent? Maybe you've decided that the grass is really greener on the independent agency side of the business: commissions are ...

By Tony Caldwell

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Independent insurance agencies are growing fast

The last decade has seen more new independent insurance agencies created than any other time in history - some estimate that newly created ...

By Tony Caldwell

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Independent Insurance Agency vs Captive - Which Is Best?

There are two different kinds of insurance agencies selling personal and commercial insurance in the United States. One kind of agency is known as ...

By Tony Caldwell

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Roadblocks to Success

The other day I listened as my wife grew increasingly frustrated trying to accomplish a simple change to an airline reservation; even though ...

By Tony Caldwell

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Teleconferencing is a Valuable Sales and Meeting Technology

When we experience dramatic, revolutionary new technology we often don't know what to do with it. We don't understand what they will do for us, ...

By Tony Caldwell

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Everyone Has More Time Now

The last four months, while we've all been learning how to live and work in a time of global pandemic, we've been busy adjusting. In the first ...

By Tony Caldwell

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Re-Engineering

As we enter the sixth month of the global COVID pandemic, some businesses have already failed and others are weakened and will fail in the next ...

By Tony Caldwell

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Insurance Aggregators Help Independent Agencies Grow

If you are starting out as an independent agency, you may have noticed that it’s difficult to have access to certain carriers or products, because ...

By Tony Caldwell

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Start an Insurance Agency as an OAA Member and Grow Fast

OAA membership is not just for large agencies hoping to increase their profit-sharing - OAA membership is great for both independent and captive ...

By Tony Caldwell

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Useful Tips and Advice to Grow Your Insurance Agency

Contents How to Grow an Independent Insurance Agency

By Tony Caldwell

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