Two days left to nominate: 2022 Agency of the Year Award

Being an insurance agent may sometimes feel like thankless work, but one industry watcher believes that some insurance professionals are nothing short of “legendary.”

In a recent blog post, David Duford, head of the Duford Insurance Group, provides a rundown of seven such iconic insurance agents.

“The best insurance agents know that their work is not only about the policies they are trying to sell,” Duford writes. “It’s most of all about people and relationships.”

His list of legendary agents includes:

• Mehdi Fakharzadeh (1922–2019), who, in his time, was reportedly a top salesman at MetLife. He also penned the insurance-industry sales tomes “Nothing is Impossible” (1978) and “Everything is Possible” (1998); and
• Peter Rosengard, who once landed in the Guinness Book of Records for selling the world’s largest life insurance policy (to music executive David Geffen).

P&C insurance is special

Of course, selling policies and maintaining client relationships in the property & casualty insurance space is distinct. Previous winners of NU Property & Casualty’s annual Agency of the Year Award, which is sponsored by Nationwide, often talk about the importance of becoming a fixture in their communities, and of making people and businesses whole after they’ve experienced a catastrophic loss.

This is what makes independent retail insurance agencies special, and the reason we rejoice each year in honoring three of them as part of the our Agency of the Year Award program.

Nominations are due July 15, 2022

NU Property & Casualty’s Agency of the Year Award honors independent insurance agencies in the United States that have been deemed “Best in Class” by a panel of our newsroom leaders because these organizations display a variety of attributes that make them champions. The three winners of this award will be leading independent agencies in the U.S. demonstrating strength in their variety of business; carrier relationships; claims processing; client satisfaction; social responsibility; adoption of new technology to accelerate processes; and customer service, among other characteristics that contribute to its success. Submit your nomination today!

See also:

• Agency of the Year: What are the characteristics of champions/?
• 2022 Agency of the Year Award honors insurance excellence