For the past several years, a significant number of individuals and new-breed companies have emphatically stated that independent agents and brokers are dead.

They don't serve the needs of today's consumers. They're behind the times from a technology standpoint. They're difficult to deal with. And a good number of InsurTech startups are staking their future success on displacing agents and brokers.

At SMA, we do not believe this.

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