As we travel the country and meet with insurance agency owners, they often tell us they’re a referral based business. When we ask how many referrals they received in the past month the answer is always “not sure”. The reality is, these agency owners have no idea how many referral quotes come into their agency or any type of quotes for that matter. Continue reading "Monitor and Measure Everything in your Insurance Agency"

Many agents that own insurance agencies are under the impression that this is a bad time to sell their agency. Our statistics show that over the past 5 months, we’ve received 32 buyer inquiries to every 1 seller. Many agency owners that are considering selling, are afraid that the soft market and bad economy will not fetch them top dollar for their book of business. The reality is, it’s the exact opposite!

Continue reading "This is a Great Time to Sell your Independent Insurance Agency"

Sales Training in Insurance Agencies is not something practiced regularly. If an insurance agency offers any type of guidance, meetings or courses, the material usually revolves around insurance. It’s obvious that we all need to understand the product we sell and one of the greatest parts of this business is that you learn something new every day. However, Insurance Agencies don’t pay enough, or in many cases any attention into the Continue reading "Insurance Agencies Should Focus on Sales Training"

We recently took a listing from an insurance agency owner that has been trying to sell their agency for over a year. They called us extremely frustrated over the lack of results they were getting from a Business Broker that sold all types of businesses. This wasn’t the first time we heard this, since we’ve been selling insurance agencies for over 5 years. Continue reading "Selling an Insurance Agency Needs Expert Representation"

Many times we fall into the trap of believing that we can’t be competitive unless we have this market or that one. The reality is you can be appointed by every carrier under the sun but you won’t sell insurance unless you’re closing sales. If you’re salespeople base the entire conversation on price, then the client will base the entire conversation on price. If you don’t have the lowest insurance rate they’ve heard, you lose the business. Continue reading "Insurance Agencies Need Salesmanship In Order to be Successful"

One thing we are keenly aware of as consultants to insurance agencies is this:  Consulting has a bad rap.  First of all, it sounds like it must be expensive.  Secondly, it sounds kind of vague.  And lastly, it can sound a little offensive or intimidating, as if because we’re consultants we must know more than you. Continue reading "How Do you Grade Your Insurance Agency?"

Californians for Fair Auto Insurance Rates has gained enough support to place a voter initiative on the June 8, 2010 ballot, aimed at rewarding drivers who have had insurance for some time to be eligible for a “persistency discount,” even if they change carriers, the Secretary of State certified. Continue reading "Californians To Vote On Auto Insurance Persistency Discount"

It’s 2010 and it’s time for insurance agents to look at their businesses and make some tough choices and changes if they’re going to grow, or maybe even survive.  As consultants to insurance agencies, we echo the message that has been delivered over and over in recent months by the agent associations and business leaders in our industry.  That message:  Change is coming and you need to get in front of it, or you won’t be able to catch up to it. Continue reading "Insurance Agents Need a New Approach for the New Decade"

Location: Phoenix, Arizona.

Agency Description:

• 100% Personal Lines Carriers include: Mercury, Safeway, Infinity and others.
• Very Detailed Financial and Production Records
• Seasoned Staff
• Stable Revenue Stream
• Agency established for over 25 years-Seasoned Clientele
• Excellent Cash Flow
• Book is mostly monoline business. Loaded with Cross Sell Opportunities
• 2 Excellent Retail Locations with excellent lease terms, furniture, computers and equipment truly a TURN KEY OPERATION
• PRICED TO SELL QUICK!
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Some of the services offered by Ganis Consulting include Buyer and Seller Representation. If you own an insurance agency and want to sell it, you can hire us to do all the heavy lifting. We’ll conduct a summary valuation, put together a profile, contact our 500+ buyers on our buyers list and help you obtain the best price and terms for your agency. We’ll negotiate on your behalf, advise you every step of the way and most importantly, keep the transaction confidential. Continue reading "When Buying or Selling an Insurance Agency, Use all Resources Available"