Tuscaloosa, AL
Headquarters
1 Years
As an EZLynx Customer
Company Facts
Personal lines: 40%
Commercial lines: 40%
Benefits Company Facts: 20%
Solutions
Leaving the captive world behind and building something that's his
After 15 years as a captive agent, Tyler Clements had reached a breaking point. Compensation structures kept shifting, quotas moved without warning, and he was limited to selling a single carrier's products regardless of what a client actually needed. He wanted the freedom to put clients first without a corporate rulebook standing in the way. In 2024, he made the leap and founded Clements & Associates.
Going independent meant starting from scratch – building relationships with carriers, figuring out the tech, and sorting out workflows. Tyler turned to Smart Choice to open the door to carrier access and agency network support he couldn't get on his own, and to EZLynx to run the business end to end. With EZLynx Rating Engine™, he could quote across carriers in minutes instead of juggling separate portals. EZLynx’s built-in sales and retention tools also gave him the same visibility into pipeline and client retention that larger, established agencies rely on right from day one.
