The Insurance Dudes©
The Insurance Dudes©
The Insurance Dudes: Craig Pretzinger and Jason Feltman
Surviving a 60% Rate Hike as a Brand-New Agent with Kathy Hitchcock
1 hour 2 minutes Posted Oct 14, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
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Shoot Us A Message! How to protect your P&C agency cash flow and survive sudden rate hikes when carrier underwriting guidelines tighten. Discover how to maintain agency growth, manage customer retention, and scale operations through hard market cycles. Kathy Hitchcock, agency owner of Hitchcock Insurance Group in Rome, Georgia, joins us to break down how she navigated back-to-back carrier rate increases of up to 60% as a scratch agent, scaled organic growth, and doubled her business by a...