Every day, an independent insurance agency business is becoming more complex, with nearly every agency diversifying into a range of new lines of business.

For example, more and more agencies that traditionally focused on Propery & Casualty insurance are seeking additional growth by diversifying into benefits and vice versa. On top of that, agencies frequently pursue any number of additional specialty lines of business, and even offer some related financial services.

While this diversification is a sound growth strategy, it can create a difficult IT landscape where agencies introduce multiple, separate software products to manage each of the business areas.

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