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Using Tech Tools in the Fight Against Bank Fraud

Insurance agents provide security and protection to their clients on a daily basis, but do you know how to protect your agency from bank fraud?  Patricia Smith, InsurBanc’s Director of Cash Management, discusses ways criminals attack banking information and the tech tools you can employ to prevent fraud.

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Start the Conversation: Prepare for Agency Ownership!!

Listen to the latest Agency Nation Radio podcast with InsurBanc Division Director Scott Freiday and ECI Insurance agency principal Avery Moore as they share strategies and anecdotes for aspiring agency owners on how to get started early with proper planning and financing.

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Doing Succession Planning the Hard Way

Creating a succession plan can be a daunting task.  And when unforeseen events occur, the process can be overwhelming.  Learn from one agency’s challenges and have the necessary conversations sooner rather than later. Connect with InsurBanc’s SVP Scott Freiday and ECI Insurance owner Avery Moore’s conversation on “Doing Succession Planning the Hard Way” in IA Magazine with Peter Van Aartrijk.

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How to Avoid Banking Fraud at Your Agency

Banking fraud in today’s world is an ever present issue when insurance agencies are moving money.  In a recent PropertyCasualty 360 article, Patricia Smith, InsurBanc’s Director of Cash Management, discusses understanding how this fraud is organized and executed to put you in a better position to protect your agency.

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Financial Health of the Independent Agent and the M&A Landscape

Listen to the latest On-Point podcast as David Tralka, president and CEO of InsurBanc, discusses the health of the independent agents, the M&A landscape and options for agency principals thinking of selling – staged exits, private equity offers and ESOPs.   If you’ve ever considered a sale to a third party, Dave outlines how to justify selling internally even when an outside party offers huge money.

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Not Your Father’s Agency!

Young producers are coming into their own and buying agencies.  A recent article by InsurBanc loan officers Scott Freiday and Keith Mangini in Independent Agent Magazine talks about this new generation of owners and tips on how to pull this together from a young agent’s viewpoint and the owners planning their retirement.  They also share four different profiles of young agents that moved into agency ownership or expanded their agencies.

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How Can a Financial Partner Help Your Agency Thrive?

After 20 years of serving the lending needs of independent insurance agencies, ask InsurBanc! Check out Dave Tralka’s latest article, “Good as Gold – 6 Ways Financial Partnering Can Help independent Agencies Thrive” in the August 2021 issue of Independent Agent Magazine from IIABA.

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InsurBanc Celebrates 20 Years by Supporting IIABA’s Invest Program!

Click here to read about InsurBanc’s commitment to the independent agency system through a donation to Invest. “Joining with Invest to inspire more young people to consider insurance as a stable, dynamic career is one way we can help ensure the agency system will prosper in the decades ahead,” says David Tralka, InsurBanc president and CEO.

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