The national firms will all have "captive" national QI firms. 

As property tax, they have a captive audience.

A "captive" broker?

If you have a large enough pool of captive customers it makes these sorts of businesses great additional opportunities.Another example we have been toying with is a carpet cleaning business.  

Wind/hail deductibles are increasing (if coverage is provided at all), and this usually affects the captive insurance companies first, those mentioned, and others.

@Mav LarsonWe find that these properties, even with deferred maintenance, are what everyone wants because the typical buyer for these understands that students are a captive rental market and the area is fairly nice.  

Most of my life i have been captivated by real estate.

They are kind of a hybrid in the market in that yes they are a captive company, but after Farmers looks at the policy, if they cant do it for whatever reason, then the agent is free to broker it to whatever carrier they want.

I will use the acronym “covered entity” in this article, inasmuch as my principal focus herein relates to seller financiers engaged in captive finance and retailers and communities now covered by this rule extension.FinCEN can issue regulations requiring financial institutions to keep records and file reports that are determined to have a high degree of usefulness in criminal, tax, or regulatory investigations or proceedings, or in the conduct of intelligence or counterintelligence activities, including analysis, to protect against international terrorism.

This brought me to begin networking in the local real estate community as of late and to make an introduction on the forum now.I realized a unique position I have as a Realtor who is captivated by the world of investing.