How Hard Is It to Own Your Own Insurance Agency? The Real Truth

If you disappeared for two weeks, would your agency survive? If not instant yes, you don't have an agency — you have a job with overhead.

Craig and Jason break this down from hundreds of conversations with agents at every stage. Here's what moves the needle.

Tribal Knowledge Is a Liability

If only Sarah knows how to process commercial endorsements and Sarah's out — your agency stops. Processes in people's heads are your biggest operational risk. Fix: document everything. Checklists, not novels.

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The Documentation Framework

Three most repeated tasks. For each: trigger (what starts it), steps (numbered), output (what done looks like), exceptions (variations). When a new hire can follow it without questions, you have a system.

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Five KPIs That Matter

Track weekly: close rate, retention rate, average premium, pipeline value, cost per acquisition. When you know these five numbers, every decision becomes data-driven instead of gut-driven.

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Delegation Math

Nobody does it exactly like you. They'll do 85% as well. But 85% times five people is 425% — four times your solo output. Start this week: one task you repeat that doesn't need your expertise. Hand it off. Coach. Let go.

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