Lending a Hand to UGM - Twin Cities with a $8,000 Donation

The Canopy Group lends a hand to Union Gospel Mission-Twin Cities with $8,000 donation at the annual 830AM WCCO Radio Hunger Mission Radiothon!

Union Gospel Mission-Twin Cities was nominated by The Canopy Group to receive a $8,000 donation to help the 830AM WCCO Radio Hunger Mission Radiothon as part of Westfield’s Legacy of Caring program. Each year, Westfield independent insurance agents, like The Canopy Group are invited to nominate a local nonprofit for the Legacy of Caring program. The Westfield Insurance Foundation, an independent private foundation endowed by Westfield, awards the donation as an extension of the fundamental role that insurance plays every day in stabilizing families, businesses and communities in times of uncertainty.

More than an Insurance Broker

The Canopy Group is leveraging the company’s success for the community. When talking about their partnership with food shelves, running phone banks, or evening lending out their ‘jumbotron’ to local restaurants, the conversation kept circling back to using The Canopy Group’s success for the betterment of it’s community.

The Canopy Group receives Elite award from Auto Owners.

The Canopy Group finished in the number one spot for the Minnesota region!

Ask a Professional: Connect Business Magazine

When searching for home, auto, property and business insurance, consumers have three different avenues to choose from. They include working with a captive agency, an independent agency or buying directly from an insurance carriers.

Captive insurance agencies carry only one insurance provider such as State Farm, American Family or Farmers. In contrast, an independent agency offers multiple insurance companies to best meet the needs of their customer base. Selecting the right carriers to suit clients’ needs is an ongoing assessment. An independent agency allows the freedom to be able to make sure they are representing a competitive lineup of insurance carriers for their clients.

Westfield Recognizes The Canopy Group as a Top Performing Independent Insurance Agency  

Westfield, a customer-focused super-regional property and casualty insurance company, believes the best experience comes from working with a caring, responsive expert, which is what you get from an independent insurance agent. Selected for strength, responsiveness and providing solutions, The Canopy Group is one of Westfield’s top agencies who has demonstrated a proven commitment to customers and superior performance industry wide.

SECURA Gives Back

Congratulations to the creator of Allyhoo, Alexis Doucette for being gifted $2,500 from the #SECURAGivesBack program.

The Canopy Group Helps Union Gospel – Twin Cities Fight Hunger and Homelessness.

While the COVID-19 Pandemic prevented The Canopy Group team from volunteering in the Rotunda at the mall of America to support the Union gospel Mission-Twin Cities annual Hunger Mission Radiothan as we have in years past...The Canopy Group was proud to once again secure $10,000 for UGM-Twin Cities through the Westfield Legacy of Caring Fund. The Canopy Group’s Paul Borchert joined WCCO’s Paul Douglas live during the 11/17/20 radiothon to convey support for the Mission.

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Getting Personal

In a market dominated by captives, The Canopy Group converts 1,500-plus new personal lines clients per year. The strategy: Educate consumers about the advantages of independent agents. Every month, 700,000 highly targeted digital ads on Adobe Audience Marketplace and Facebook are supplemented by local radio spots and commercials on local morning TV news shows.

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True, Honest, Focused

The Canopy Group insurance agency, based in Le Sueur, is making waves by rapidly growing its business.

The Canopy group was named the 2018 Agency of the Year by the Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers Association, and for good reason. In recent years, The Canopy Group has quadrupled in size. Six years ago they had two carriers with a million dollars of premium per year. Today, they have over a million dollars of premium per year with more than 10 carriers.

MIIAB 2018 Agency of the Year

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (May 16, 2018) The Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers would like to congratulate The Canopy Group as the 2018 Agency of the Year at their annual convention in Minneapolis.

The Canopy Group opened their office in Le Sueur, MN in 1930.  Today, they have an office in Belle Plaine, and Minnetonka with a total of 30 employees.  The Canopy Group saw an opportunity in the Minnesota Market where they could meet the needs of consumers by specializing in educating the public on the advantages of using an independent agent to protect them in all their insurance needs.

What makes The Canopy Group successful is their implementation of client focused procedures within their agency that eliminates redundancies, expedites efficiencies and defines expectations.  They only hire competent people and are open and honest with them about everything, including the teams’ expectations.

The Canopy Group contribute their success to running their agency like a business, making their employees responsible and empowering them.  They provide strong role models, abundant resources and cultivate a team that trusts each other and the process.  Their people are the reason they have made a place for themselves in the marketplace. 

In addition to their excellent team, they make great efforts to monitor the marketplace and the products offered by carriers to better provide their clients with the best resources and products available.

Daniel Riley, Executive Vice President of the MIIAB, stated , “We commend The Canopy Group for  promoting the independent agency system throughout social media and other avenues that truly benefit all of the independent agents and company carriers in Minnesota.  The association is honored to recognize the Canopy Group as its 2018 Agency of the Year.”

The Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers Association (MIIAB, the Big “I”) is the states oldest and largest association representing independent agents, brokers and their staff.  The MIIAB represents over 7,000 insurance professionals throughout Minnesota.  Its membership are businesses that offer the MN consumer a choice of policies from a variety of independent insurance agent companies in which they offer property, casualty (business, home & auto), life, health, employee benefits, and retirement products.  The MIIAB website is www.miia.org

Auto Owners 2018 Top 10 Agency

The Canopy Group has been an Auto-Owners agency partner since 1997 and has shown exceptional growth in the past two years.

This year, The Canopy Group was ranked the 2nd highest performing Auto-Owners agency in the state of Minnesota.

Westfield names The Canopy Group a Trilogy Agency

Progressive names The Canopy Group a Platinum Agency

Acuity Agency of the Month

The Canopy Group keeps its promises to customers.

Recently, the Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers named The Canopy Group its 2018 Agency of the Year.  This award recognizes not only the agency’s growth, but also its commitment to promote the independent agency system in the state.

In 2011, the agency began a campaign to show consumers and businesses the value of working with an independent agent and, by extension, The Canopy Group.