Testimonials
Here's what some of our Renaissance Alliance agents say you can expect if you qualify to join us as and become one of our Constellation Agencies:
MARKETING FOCUS
Bob Borawski
President
Borawski Insurance - Northampton, MA
Historically, when we marketed an insured's product in our agency, our individual customer service representatives would complete the submissions and submit them to any number of carriers we desired. So, Customer Service Rep A might send applications to six carriers. If we were presented with another account, Customer Service Rep B might send this submission to those same six carriers. There were always a number of moving parts in this scenario. It was very inefficient and an awful lot of work.
Renaissance Alliance has enabled us to funnel and focus our marketing much better. Now, instead of our sending a submission to six carriers, we send it to one place - Renaissance Alliance. They market it for us in order to secure the best possible product for our client. This is far more efficient for us as an individual agency and it saves us a lot of money. Now our customer service reps spend their time servicing the clients. This is what they are supposed to do.
SEA CHANGE OF GROWTH AND VISION
Jules Gaudreau
President
The Gaudreau Group - Wilbraham, MA
Our affiliation with Renaissance has been a sea change for our organization. We have now achieved a Five Star agency status awarded by our state's agent association. We are one of the 50 fastest growing businesses in Western Massachusetts. These are all a direct result of our relationship with Renaissance Alliance.
Being a Renaissance Constellation Agency has allowed us to grow very rapidly. This is consistent, sustained growth, and it has been made possible by my ability to focus once again, on selling new accounts and servicing - proactively servicing our existing accounts. From a financial standpoint, membership has been very beneficial. We have better relationships with more carriers and our core carriers also enjoy greater financial success and stability through our Alliance affiliation. So, I feel quite confident moving forward that Renaissance kept its promises to us and fulfilled the vision described to us years ago by bringing great new possibilities to the table for all of us. They have introduced to all our member agencies an even broader vision beyond simply selling insurance products.
FOCUSED DISCIPLINE & PEACE OF MIND
Ernie Bates, Jr.
President
Bates-Fullam Insurance Agency - West Springfield, MA
Looking back after three years, I find Bates Fullam to be a far more disciplined agency. We are more focused; we're more professional because of our relationship with Renaissance; and I think we've just hit the tip of the iceberg. I'm well impressed.
Personally, I know I can get really tied down with the day in and day out routines. If I can look 48 hours ahead, it's a good thing. What's nice for my staff, and me, is that we've got a group of people at Renaissance who are months and years ahead of where we need to be and they will prompt me when to get involved and let me know the contribution I need to make for the benefit of the whole group. So, it's really the peace of mind. I'm truly able to act as an independent agent and serve my clients' best interests within the whole spread of carriers aboard now with Renaissance, and those yet to come in the future. This provides me purely what an independent agent needs and, equally important, brings home the level of professionalism behind the scenes.
BEYOND EXPECTATIONS
Kathy Silvia
Owner
The Fair Insurance Agency, Centerville, MA
When I look back now, I recognize the reasons I initially joined Renaissance Alliance are far different from those I realize today. I label myself as a small agent, although I am probably representative of what makes up the majority of independent agents across the country. So, I originally joined Renaissance for the markets.
Beyond much greater access to markets, I have realized so many more benefits as an Alliance Constellation Agency. The automation is certainly one of them. The software applications available from Renaissance are six steps above what I had before, and it's wonderful. The Alliance systems-support people are great when I run into a problem, they are always there for assistance. The expectations I had for profit share were that they would be greater than I had achieved as a stand-alone agency. Never in my wildest imagination did I see them growing to their present level. For my largest carrier, I have seen a significant increase over what I could have normally received on my own. And being part of the Alliance allows me to deliver more products and enhanced services to my clients. So, it's just been unbelievable.