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Targeted Account Profile for Public and Private Institutions Iroquois insurance group, an Insurance Group Network providing Insurance services (Iroquois services) through Independent insurance agencies nationwide with property, and liability products. Iroquois Group provides Independent insurance agents a Insurance Group Network of providers across the United States.

Some key employees who want ownership will never be given an opportunity to become owners regardless of what they do. This is because some owners are set on holding on to 100% ownership until they sell it all to a third party or die. Fortunately those cases are in the minority and most key employees have a reasonable chance of gaining ownership if they understand potential issues, consider human nature, are patient and consistently do the right things to get them closer to their objective. In this article we will provide advice to key employees about what they need to do to become owners.

The Iroquois Group® began in 1977 when independent property and casualty agents in central New York saw the advantage of banding together to improve their position with, and access to, insurance carriers. "Independent agents faced many pressures and threats back then," said Iroquois founder, Paul Branch (left), "just as they do now. We started Iroquois with the idea that independent agents could successfully join together, not just to survive but to thrive."

When it's time for your customer to add a youthful driver to a Safeco Insurance® Auto policy, make sure you take advantage of everything Safeco offers youthful drivers. Teen Safety Rewards, part of the Safeco® Safety Rewards™ Program, consolidates all of our solutions for parents with teens - including insurance benefits, discounts, and tools - to help them manage the cost of insuring their teen driver and improve driver safety.

Many agency owners don't realize what a "gold mine" their personal lines business can be for them. The market is huge, with over $230 billion in premium recurring each year. The profit potential for agencies is also huge. Personal lines can be an agency's most profitable business segment because well trained customer service agents can service the accounts with little or no producer involvement.

Mergers and acquisitions are often referred to together as if they were one and the same. The reality, however, is they are both similar and very different, depending on which side of the transaction you're on.

Every Door Direct Mail - Retail™ service lets you reach every home, every address, every time. You simply pick the neighborhoods you want to target, and a Postal Service™ carrier delivers your printed piece to every address while delivering the day's mail. You don't need to know the names or street addresses.

Agencies that need to hire new producers should consider more than luck and their own interviewing ability if they want the best available candidates on their payrolls. That's the advice that Ken Fields and Diane Masterson of PaceSetter gave in the four-part webinar presented recently by State Auto Insurance Companies.

Your E&O policy is one of the most important coverages that an agency should have. Here are some key tips to help determine which coverage is the best fit. Do some homework on the various E&O carriers. Things to look at include: - How long have they been writing this coverage - What is their AM Best rating - What resources do they have to help you manage your E&O exposure

Key employees who are being considered future candidates for ownership need to be told what is expected of them in order to earn the privilege to purchase a minority interest in the agency. Keeping them in the dark can lead to their frustration, resentment and possible loss. This holds true for employees who are not family members as well as those who are.

If you are interested in what you've seen so far about Iroquois and are interested in perhaps joining our insurance agency network, then fill in the blanks on this simple form. Our representative in your area will contact you to start a conversation that we hope will ultimately make your agency more successful.

Producer Agreement with Opportunity for Ownership

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So tell me if this has ever happened to you in your office: you get a telephone call from a prospect, or perhaps it was an email lead that you obtained via your "Get an auto or homeowners quote" button on your agency website or Facebook fan page, and immediately either you and/or a member of your agency staff spring into action!

Liberty Mutual has recognized Iroquois members as an excellent source of profitable new business. To Liberty, Iroquois is in "a league of their own" and they want even more profitable growth from us in 2018! To stimulate even more new business, Liberty is offering a national new business incentive for the first half of 2018.

If you haven't familiarized yourself with The Iroquois Group's public website at www.iroquoisgroup.com, here's a short guide to the information posted there.

A mortgage term life insurance policy helps guarantee your loved ones a 100% tax-free death benefit in the event of your death or get a benefit if you critically, chronically or terminally ill. funds they can use to help with mortgage payments. for more information please visit on www.nrilifeinsurance.com

Insurance agency owner Joel Guilbert of Arizona says he is pleasantly surprised to learn that the longer he remains with The Iroquois Group network of insurance agencies, the more beneficial his rewards and opportunities are.

If a Member accesses a company through Iroquois and subsequently terminates their contract with Iroquois, they are prohibited for a period of two years from seeking a direct appointment with that company. However, they are free to move that company's book to another non-Iroquois carrier. Members also agree that they will not negotiate a direct contract with a carrier that Iroquois has offered to them. If a Member doesn't like Iroquois for any reason, they can terminate the agreement without penalty by giving 90 days' notice. We are often told that our contract is much more user-friendly and less intrusive than other networks' contracts.

In our more than thirty years of experience with small and mid-sized agencies, we have seen the critical importance to agencies of profit sharing or supplemental compensation. Whether called profit sharing, contingency income, bonus or supplemental compensation - this additional compensation is for many agencies the Principal's take home pay at year end. And, in this ongoing soft market when revenues are down for many agencies, supplemental compensation becomes even more vital.