All of our members possess an
entrepreneurial spirit. Our members are start-up
agencies looking for
markets and existing agencies looking to expand
but finding they are
unable to do so. We also have producers
looking to leave big agencies and go out on their own.
We have agencies looking
to solidify their perpetuation plans
as well
as their existence in the Independent Agency
system.
Avery Insurance Agency
"My agency name is Avery Insurance Agency and we are
located in Federal Way. I have been an
independent insurance agent for the past 28 years in which
I owned my own agency
during most of that time. I sold my old
agency about one and half years ago. Now, with the help of
BGI I am in the process
of building another agency. I am very
specialized in that 90% of what I write is Convenience Stores.
I am doing this on purpose
as I don't want the hassle of writing
all lines. I want to be semi retired.
I signed onto BGI because no matter how many years experience
you have in this business, when you start an agency from scratch
the insurance companies will have very little to do with you.
BGI helped me get appointments, which made it possible for
me to even be in business.
BGI is very easy to work with. They have worked with me
from the very beginning. Everyone that I have worked with
has tried
very hard to be of service. Everyone
has been extremely kind even when I failed to do things right.
Thanks to BGI I was
introduced to the company I write my
convenience stores through. It was a very limited appointment
in that is all I can write,
but it was all I needed and my business
has taken off."
Gary Avery, Owner
Avery Insurance Agency
253-941-5566
Young Insurance Agency
"I have been involved in the insurance industry since
1985. I started as an Emergency Road Service Dispatcher for
a large insurance company in California and moved up to Customer
Service Representative within the year. After moving back to
the Puget Sound in 1992, I started working for AAA of Washington.
In 1995 I started as an independent contractor for Tina Craig
Insurance in Auburn. That agency was purchased by Raleigh,
Schwarz & Powell in 1999 and I begin working for RS&P
as an independent contractor.
I’d always dreamed of owning my own independent
agency and in October of 2001 that dream came true. My
wife
Ronda and I opened the Young Insurance Agency,
LLC in Kent, Washington.
Even having a large book of business that I was able
to bring over from RS&P I found it difficult to get the
company appointments I need. I was given information
about the BGI Agency Network. With their help,
and hard work of Lee
Koehler, I was able to get direct appointments
to sell from an impressive line of companies including Encompass,
SAFECO,
Hartford, Travelers, Progressive, and Foremost,
to name a few.
In addition to getting set up with companies, BGI Agency
Network helped me with the basic foundations
of setting up my own agency. I could have done it all
on my own,
but their help certainly made it easier."
Don Young, Owner
Young Insurance Agency, LLC
Greg Vesey Insurance, Inc.
"I entered the agency side of the insurance business
in 1986 after having been
an adjuster for the previous
thirteen years. Initially I was
a fifty per cent partner
in the agency, but purchased the balance
in 1991 and changed the name
to reflect my personal ownership. Since
1991, I have been the sole producer
of the agency with Suzie Johnson as my
Office Manager/Agency Associate.
We are primarily a personal lines agency
with some main street commercial
risks added in. Our commitment to individualized
customer service is the
cornerstone of our business philosophy.
We believe that our clients should be
able to talk to whomever in the agency
they feel most comfortable dealing
with.
I made the decision to affiliate with
BGI Agency Network after having
explored
the options of selling or merging
the agency when I was reduced
to one standard
market because of an inability
to satisfy the premium volume
requirements of
the two other standard companies
I represented.
The objective
of accessing
other standard markets through
BGI and SIAA without
volume requirements is
working well. The people at BGI
have demonstrated
to us over the past almost two
years of our relationship that
they share the attitude
of personalized service to
their business partners. We look
forward to a long
and mutually beneficial
relationship with BGI and SIAA.
Greg Vesey
Greg Vesey Insurance, Inc.
