In 2017, NU forged an alliance withthe NationalAssociation of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA)and Flaspöhler | NMG to conduct the inauguralIndependent Agent Study — a research project designed to annuallytake the pulse of independent Property & Casualty insuranceagents throughout the U.S. and provide revealing insight into thedemographics, books of business and challenges they face, andreveal their most highly rated carrier partners.

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Today, independent agents weigh in on which commercial P&Ccarriers are on their "approved" list. Click on the interactivechart to see which insurers were most named by our studyrespondents.

Flaspöhler has long conducted its own larger annual study ofagents (the Flaspöhler | NMG Producer Study) on behalf of keyP&C carriers, which use the results to help them best meetagent needs. The data included in the study featured in NU and onPropertyCasualty360.com this month are extracted from Flaspöhler'slarger research study (upward of 300 pages), which the firm makesavailable to rated P&C commercial lines carriers.(Contact [email protected] for moreinformation.)

Stay tuned to PropertyCasualty360.com throughout the month as weshare the findings of this in-depth study of America's independentagents, and check out some of our other findings here.

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