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Nationwide's Thresher: Best Agents Growing in Commercial and Financial Services

The best Nationwide agents are growing their agencies in commercial and financial services, recognizing that direct-channel preference means there are fewer personal-lines customers, Nationwides CFO Mark Thresher tells PC360.

By Phil Gusman | Updated on May 09, 2014
The best Nationwide agents are growing their agencies in commercial and financial services, recognizing that direct-channel preference means there are fewer personal-lines customers, Nationwide’s CFO Mark Thresher tells PC360.

He says Nationwide has seen continued growth in its direct channel. Sometimes, the direct channel acts as a lead for agents, he notes. “We still have a fairly high percentage of customers who start on the Internet that actually either bind in our call center or bind with a local agent, so the agents are benefitting from it in that sense.”

But he adds that the company’s best agents are adapting to the marketplace. “I think they also realize that the future for agents is in financial services and commercial,” Thresher says. “Customers are deciding to go direct for personal lines, and that’s their choice. So our best agents are growing their agencies in commercial and financial services, and still serving the customers who want an agent in personal lines—there just are fewer of those today.”

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