Call us today: 720-800-9495
Call us today: 720-800-9495
At Mountainside Insurance Management, we believe the best insurance careers are built on ownership, not quotas. As an independent agent appointed under our brokerage, you keep the freedom to shop your clients’ coverage across 40+ admitted and E&S carriers, rather than being locked into one company’s products, pricing, and appetite. Your book of business belongs to you, an asset you build and grow, not a number on someone else’s sales report.
Whether you’re newly licensed or an experienced producer ready to go independent, Mountainside gives you the infrastructure of a large agency with the flexibility of running your own business. We provide the carrier relationships, back-office support, and training to help you succeed, while you focus on building relationships and closing business.
As a captive agent, you sell one company’s products, at that company’s prices, under that company’s quotas, and if you ever leave, the book of business you built stays behind. Going independent with Mountainside works differently:
Mountainside is built to support agents building any kind of book, or a mix of several. You are not boxed into one line of business:
Personal Lines — Auto, home, umbrella, and other individual and family coverage.
Commercial Lines — Contractors, trucking, hospitality, and other business insurance across our 40+ carrier relationships.
Life & Health — Individual life, health, and employee benefits programs, including self-funded and captive options.
Hybrid Books — Many of our agents build a blended book across personal, commercial, and life/health, based on where their relationships and referrals naturally lead.
We provide training from basic licensing fundamentals through advanced underwriting, marketing, and production strategy, scaled to your ambition and goals. For agents who want to focus on selling rather than running an office, we also offer staff and back-office support options, including administrative help, service support, and marketing assistance, so you can spend more time in front of clients and less time on paperwork.
A captive agent sells the products of one insurance company, under that company’s pricing, appetite, and quotas. If you leave, the book of business you built typically stays with the carrier. An independent agent represents multiple carriers, can shop coverage and pricing to fit each client, and owns their book of business as a portable, sellable asset. Mountainside appoints independent agents, so you get the backing of an established brokerage with 40+ carrier relationships while keeping ownership of what you build.
Yes, you’ll need an active resident insurance producer license in the lines you plan to sell (property & casualty, life & health, or both), which is standard for any appointed independent agent. If you’re not yet licensed, we can point you toward pre-licensing resources to help you get started, and our training program picks up from there.
As an appointed agent with Mountainside, you’ll have access to our full carrier portfolio built over 17 years in the business, more than 40 admitted and E&S markets, including: Allstate, National General, Travelers, The Hartford, Liberty Mutual, Progressive, GEICO, Lemonade, Foremost, Foremost360, Bristol West, Hagerty, Trexis, Root, Dairyland, The General, Nationwide, Markel, CoverBadger, BHHC, American Modern, AmTrust, Coterie, CNA Surety, BTIS, Pinnacol, Kemper, Next, Tokio Marine, Auto-Owners, Guard, UFG, and Orchid, along with a full range of surplus lines carriers.
We also carry a full suite of health, life, dental, vision, disability, and long-term care carriers, so you can round out your book with benefits business as well as P&C.
You don’t need to start from zero. Agents who bring an existing book can typically transition it under Mountainside’s carrier appointments, giving you access to our broader market and support structure while keeping the client relationships you’ve already built. We’ll walk through the specifics of your book during onboarding to map out the best path.
Training scales to where you are. New agents get foundational training on products, carriers, and sales process, while experienced producers can go deeper into underwriting strategy, marketing, and advanced production techniques. Support doesn’t stop at training. We also offer staff and back-office assistance, including administrative and service support, so you can spend more of your time selling and servicing clients.
Whichever you prefer. Mountainside is structured to support agents across personal lines, commercial lines, and life & health, and many of our agents build a hybrid book that blends two or three. There’s no requirement to specialize in only one area unless that’s the path you want.
READY TO BUILD YOUR OWN AGENCY?
CALL US TODAY: (720) 800-9495