Who is VIAA?

Family Owned and Thriving!

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The Powers family, founders of VIAA (Valley Insurance Agency Alliance), sat together in 2006 to discuss what value they could bring to an independent insurance agency. They identified pain points they had experienced themselves and formed VIAA to help other small businesses overcome the same challenges. 

Like most networks, we started with the focus of providing access to markets and increasing revenue. At VIAA, that is just the beginning of what we have to offer.

When founded, VIAA had much to learn from its first Member, POWERS Insurance.  Today, the collective brain trust of 150+ agency owners help us continue to generate new and fresh ideas on how to protect and drive efficiency for independent agencies.  The benefits VIAA offers today are in response to the challenges and struggles its Members ask us to solve. 

Are you interested in technology to make you or your team more efficient and effective with managing time?  VIAA’s Development Team supports a robust stack of automated solutions to assist in operations, pipeline management, retention, and SEO.  Furthermore, they provide one-on-one coaching to help hire, train a new CSR, mentor a producer, digitize the lead to bind process, or deploy Zywave. 

Our how-to guidance, mentoring, and implementation assistance are exclusively available as part of Membership.

VIAA is seeking fellow family owned, closely held, and individual producers to share in our vision.  Our core values embrace the American Dream. We mentor the entrepreneur to own and operate an independent agency at optimum efficiency while prospering within a culture of integrity, trust, and respect.

With direct and stable access through premier independent insurance companies, serve all of your clients’ insurance and risk management needs while enjoying above industry average compensation, autonomy and agency book ownership.  As Simon Sinek says, “A community is a group of people who agree to grow together.”  THINK BIG! … join our community … and BE BIG!

Our family wants to grow, prosper, perpetuate, and contribute to the greater good (Go to Community Outreach page).  VIAA was formed in 2006 by the Powers Family at a time when big banks and brokerage firms were acquiring agencies and we were alarmed by the ever-increasing demands by the carriers for increased production.  VIAA has a simple mantra, to help its Members grow profitably. If this goal is in sync with yours, let’s prosper together.

While Pierce and Sue Powers are still very involved in the family, it is Henry who would be honored to understand your goals and needs in hopes that he and his sister Elizabeth can co-develop an engagement strategy that will help your business thrive – join our community, be independent but not alone.

Learn More About The 15 Year Journey of VIAA

2006 Viaa Certificate
March 15th, 2006

The Birth of VIAA

VIAA forms and ends the year with 2 Members.

March 15th, 2006
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2007

Henry Starts Recruiting

Henry Powers moves into full-time recruiting and hasn’t looked back.

2007
2008 Viaa Hosts First Member Conference In Board Room At Fontbonne University
2008

1st Conference

VIAA’s 1st Conference hosted by Fontbonne University Board Room.

2008
2011 First Flaot Trip Cliff Jumping
2011

1st Float Trip

VIAA’s first outdoor adventure to Meramec River.

2011
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2012

Elizabeth Joins the VIAA Team

Elizabeth officially joins the VIAA team to build relationships with Carriers so Members get paid more!

2012
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2013

Hosted a Brewery Tour for Members

VIAA offers fun experiences and opportunities to get to know other Members in the Alliance.

2013
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2014

Hosted 1st BBQ

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2014
2015 Best Consulting Firm
2015

Awarded Best Consulting Firm

VIAA awarded Best Consulting Firm by SBM and every year since.

2015
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2016

Hosted 1st Hiring Workshop

VIAA hosts a workshop to help Members know how to hire  and retain quality employees for their Agency. 

2016
2017 Stl Mayor Cuts Ribbon And Viaa Moves Into Its New Home
2017

New Address!

VIAA moves into its newly built home.        

2017
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2018

1st Facebook Marketing Workshop

VIAA Hosts it’s first digital workshop on how to advertise with Facebook for maximum exposure.  

2018
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2019

Restructured Our Training Tools

VIAA commits to Dev Team and DABL Initiative

2019
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2020

1st $1 Million Check

VIAA receives its first $1,000,000 check from a single company.

2020
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2021

Introduces Marketing Pod

VIAA develops marketing POD which writes over $1 Million in its first year.

2021
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2023

1st Incentive Trip

VIAA hosts first ever incentive trip in Cancun, Mexico. 

2023
"When I was considering joining VIAA I prepared a business plan.  As it turned out my 5 year plan was achieved in 2 years!"
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Ronald
Current Member
"Michael has been extremely helpful in helping me establish my agency. He's a wealth of knowledge and huge asset to us!"
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Casey
Current Member
"Bill at VIAA has helped me tremendously with automation and processes which have greatly improved lead generation!"
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Current Member