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... 000 independent insurance agents and brokers nationwide have been impacted most. Where's the pressure coming from? For starters, insurance carriers prefer to do business with fewer agents and with higher average premium volume per agent. Let me restate this point because it's crucial to all insurance distributors. Carriers are looking for premium volume. Because most agents produce far less than $10 million in annual premiums, they're finding it increasingly difficult to keep all of their carriers happy. Furthermore, the average agent has experienced top-line growth of less than 5% ... :00:00 AM by CompleteMarkets Editor , James Campbell This content has not been rated yet. Are community banks being left behind as the bank insurance business lurches forward? While nine of every 10 U.S. banks with greater than $10 billion in assets distributed General Lines (Property/Casualty and Life/Health) insurance products during 1999, the ratio for community banks was fewer than four of 10. Why the disparity? To address this question, it's helpful to begin with a broad perspective. THE INSURANCE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ... consortium. Perhaps the most promising model that has emerged to neutralize the leverage issue is the consortium - as few as a handful or as many as dozens of banks joining forces. This collection of banks will typically establish a separate legal structure, such as a limited liability corporation, through which it'll acquire or partner with agencies to market insurance products. The primary advantage of the consortium is that it gives banks access to, and perhaps shared ownership of, good insurance agencies at a fraction of the capital otherwise required. The cross-selling ...

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