Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Investopedia / Ellen Lindner A captive agent is an insurance professional who exclusively ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Bobby L. Hickman is a longtime business and financial journalist who brings decades of ...

If you're a captive agent and you've been thinking about going independent, you're not alone. Many agents in the business with moderate success often get that itch for more control, better commissions ...

The new Department of Labor fiduciary proposal is nearly 500 pages and has a lot of details. But the biggest fight is going to come down to how agents are regulated – and that goes for both ...

Volvo Car Financial Services U.S. is now in the business of more than just booking retail installment sales contracts and vehicle leases. On Wednesday, the captive announced the launch of Volvo Car ...

The article encourages consumers to think beyond agent type and focus on whether the relationship supports evolving needs and thorough review. The article, Independent vs. Captive Insurance Agents: ...

"Every industry can benefit from captives, bringing more control and transparency to how insurance is managed," states Illia Kasian, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Matcha, the San ...

The question of whether captive agents are independent contractors or employees of an insurance company is at the heart of a class action lawsuit filed against several GEICO companies. The suit ...

The measures taken by the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (the “DFR”) in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been extended through 2021. These include a recognition that ...