Insurance agents in Florida and beyond are finding that some of their toughest competition now seems to be coming from firms that aren’t really insurance agencies at all – at least not in the historical sense of the word.
“They’re not playing by the same rules as the rest of us,” said Tom Webb, founder and owner of Coastal Insurance Group, in Miami Springs.
He was referring to payroll and staffing firms, particularly those involved in recently announced $4 billion merger of Paychex and Paycor, two of the largest payroll companies in the United States. That merger followed the 2024 a