Category: The Firefly Opportunity
How Much Does it Cost to Start an Insurance Agency?
There are numerous ways to start an insurance agency. The key is to spend your startup capital wisely in ways that will grow your commission […]
How to Sell Commercial Insurance Successfully
Selling commercial insurance successfully requires agents to develop specific knowledge around the industry they want to serve. While it may seem attractive and lucrative to […]
Introducing Your 24×7 Assistant
Our team members love you, but they love their families too so they aren’t available 24×7. But, since we know agents often work around the […]
Freedom Friday: Tony’s Clients Encouraged him to Grow Faster
Tony was growing fast as a captive agent. He had a great experience as a captive but his clients and referral partners encouraged him to […]
Freedom Friday: How David Used a Team to Leap to Independence
David started off strong with as a captive Farmers Insurance agent, but after 18 months realized that he needed to make a change. Teamwork was […]
Are You a Good Fit for Firefly?
The more options you learn about as you figure out how to start your independent insurance agency, the more confused/overwhelmed you may feel: You may […]
How Exactly Does Firefly’s All-for-One Requirement Work?
You need to grow your in-force Firefly premium by $100,000 per year until you reach $500,000 of in-force premium. To be clear, the requirement is […]
Freedom Friday: Mary’s Journey to Finding her Best Fit
Mary loves people and knew that she wanted to work in sales. Finding insurance and Firefly didn’t happen right away. We hope Mary’s journey gives […]
The Insurance Agent Commission Structure at Firefly
As you consider options to grow your agency, you’ll discover many insurance aggregators, clusters, and networks. Each has its own approach to commissions. However, Firefly […]
Freedom Friday | Why Brandon is Still Smiling after Six Years with Firefly
No two agents have the same journey, but we can all learn from each other’s experiences. Brandon is six years in with Firefly, and in […]
Freedom Friday: How are You with Your Current Agency?
When we asked Sherri what kind of an impact working with Firefly has had on her personal life she smiled and told us “My kids […]
E, I, E&O
Agents working with Firefly are required to have E&O coverage in the amount of at least $1 million per occurrence and $2 million aggregate. There […]
Freedom Friday: Evan’s Leap to Independent Agent
“It’s said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others’ mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from […]
What Makes Firefly Different?
Many organizations can get agents appointed with insurance carriers. You may be wondering what makes Firefly different from those companies. Our answer is… 1. More […]
Can I Keep my Current Appointments and Still Work With Firefly?
Unless there is something wrong with you, you don’t love your carrier relationships as much as you love your kids, pets, or even a favorite […]
What if I Decide That Firefly Isn’t for me?
When we need to buy something from a big box store, Costco is easily our favorite. The adults love the low prices, and the kids really love […]
Building Your Dream Team
Growing agencies eventually need to hire employees to help with servicing, sales, or both. We get asked several questions about agent hires: Is there an […]
What are the E&O requirements?
This is What You Need to Work with Firefly: An E&O policy with a minimum occurrence limit of $1 million and a minimum aggregate limit […]
How did Firefly Help Mary Make a $4,500 Sale?
There’s nothing quite as fun as making a sale or as discouraging as losing one. No matter how well you’ve been trained, the experience of […]
An Agent’s Praise for TJ, Personal Lines Trainer
Getting started with us in personal lines is a critical time for you as a new agent. You need good information, training, and help with […]