{"id":405,"date":"2025-11-18T08:45:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ellisinsure.com\/blog\/?p=405"},"modified":"2025-11-18T08:45:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:45:51","slug":"ellis-insurance-agency-named-2025-best-practices-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ellisinsure.com\/blog\/ellis-insurance-agency-named-2025-best-practices-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellis Insurance Agency named 2025 Best Practices Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>San Antonio, TX, August 2025<\/em> \u2013 Ellis Insurance Agency has earned the 2025 Best Practices Agency status, joining an elite group of independent insurance agencies from across the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Best Practices Agency designation is awarded to participants in the Best Practices Study, which analyzes and documents the business practices of the highest-performing insurance agencies in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, 1,146 independent agencies throughout the U.S. were nominated to compete for this coveted designation and only 348 agencies scored high enough to qualify as a Best Practices Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a testament to our dedicated team who spend countless hours providing the best service to our wonderful (and loyal) clients.\u00a0 We are humbled by this honor and will continue to work hard for the clients we help protect.\u201d \u2013 <em>Lee Gamel, President<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 1993, the Independent Insurance Agents &amp; Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big \u201cI\u201d) and Reagan Consulting, an Atlanta-based management consulting firm, have joined forces to study the country\u2019s leading agencies in seven revenue categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Best Practices Agencies are selected every three years through a rigorous nomination and qualifying process. Each agency must be among the 35-45 top-performing agencies in its revenue category to be awarded Best Practices status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Best Practices Agencies retain their status annually during the three-year cycle by submitting extensive financial and operational data for review. 2025 is the first year of the current three-year study cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ellis Insurance Agency was founded in 1980 and can offer insurance products from a number of different companies you can see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellisinsure.com\/contact-your-carrier.html\" title=\"\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For further information, please contact Lee Gamel of Ellis Insurance Agency at 210-979-9000.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Founded in 1993, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaganconsulting.com\/\"><em>Reagan Consulting<\/em><\/a><em> provides M&amp;A advisory, capital raising, valuation, growth consulting, perpetuation planning, and industry research to the nation\u2019s leading insurance brokerages.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Founded in 1896, the&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/\"><em>Independent Insurance Agents &amp; Brokers of America&nbsp;(the Big \u201cI\u201d)<\/em><\/a><em> is the nation\u2019s oldest and largest national association of independent insurance agents and brokers, representing over 25,000 agency locations united under the Trusted Choice brand. Trusted Choice independent agents offer consumers all types of insurance \u2014 property, casualty, life, health, employee benefit plans, and retirement products \u2014 from various insurance companies.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellisinsure.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Best-Practices-Agency-1024x868.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416\" style=\"width:573px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellisinsure.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Best-Practices-Agency-1024x868.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ellisinsure.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Best-Practices-Agency-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ellisinsure.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Best-Practices-Agency-768x651.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ellisinsure.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Best-Practices-Agency.png 1196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Antonio, TX, August 2025 \u2013 Ellis Insurance Agency has earned the 2025 Best Practices Agency status, joining an elite group of independent insurance agencies from across the United States. 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