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 ...

State Farm is changing the contract terms for its captive agents, including parts of the agreement tied to health insurance, ...

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 ...

Life insurance agents who are limited to selling proprietary products may find it difficult to meet a fiduciary standard as it is being defined by a task force helmed by a fiduciary advocate. The ...

Medicare agents and brokers help you pick a plan that fits your needs. Independent agents offer plans from multiple companies, while captive agents don't. Agents and brokers save you time by guiding ...

Nationwide’s plan to cut loose 2,000 captive agents means the mutual will be selling its annuities through independents along with other institutional channels. Nationwide said this week it plans to ...

Insurers, whose efforts to enter banking had been spotty at best, showed real signs of progress last year -- with the biggest successes coming from companies that used a captive sales force. State ...

We’ve all seen the wealth management industry barrel toward independence in recent years as more and more wirehouse advisors lose patience for conflicts of interest, reject constraints on product ...

PENSACOLA, Fla., Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- What's the difference between an independent insurance agent and a captive insurance agent, and which is better for Florida residents? A HelloNation ...

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 ...