Best Practices

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Six Revenue Categories, Study Highlights, Executive Summaries & Key Benchmarks, Cross Category Comparison, and Over 3,000 Data Points.

2022 Best Practices Study. The annual Best Practices Study (BPS) originated in 1993 as an initiative by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (or Big I) to help its members build and maintain the value of their most important assets, their agencies. By studying the leading agencies and brokers in the country, the association hoped to…

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