Agents Must 'Walk The Talk' To Succeed


Making promises to get business in the door is easy for independent agencies, but delivering on those promises is the hard part. That's why the emphasis for one Los Angeles-based agency, says the firms top dog, is to make sure that when they say theyve got a strategic plan, clients are not disappointed.

Simply put, says Gregory D. Davidian, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Dodge, Warren & Peters Insurance Services Inc., an agency has to be able to “walk the talk” to succeed. At DW&P, it is their intent to do just that by providing unique informational programs to their clients and cultivating open, honest relationships with carriers.

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