Survey Says Agents Lack System Backup

NU Online News Service, June 17, 4:06 p.m. EDT? A majority of independent insurance agencies access the Internet with a business-grade high speed, broadband Internet connection, but many are not equipped with a backup connection if their primary provider goes down, according to an insurer's survey.

Progressive Corp., based in Mayfield Village, Ohio, said it made those findings in a recent online poll of about 1,300 independent agencies.

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