Forty years of doing it right.
Global Insurance Resources Group was built on a simple idea: agents deserve a partner who actually does the work — not a middleman who takes a cut and disappears. Four decades later, that's still our north star.
of MillionsIn production across our agents
Built by agents, for agents.
Global Insurance Resources Group, Inc. — known to the industry simply as IRG — started in 1983 with one founding belief: independent agents and producers deserve a partner who actually does the work, finding them the lowest premium rates, securing the best commissions, and never failing on the hard cases other shops pass on.
Our solid background and decades of experience have earned the trust of agencies and independent brokers nationwide. We've built our reputation on hard-to-place and substandard cases — the ones other BGAs send away. With 45+ A-rated carriers in our portfolio and our in-house underwriting team, we'll find a solution for every type of case — that's our standard, not an exception.
Over the years, we built personal relationships with underwriters, home office staff, and product specialists at every major carrier in our network. Those relationships still drive the business today — when our case managers call, they don't sit in a queue. They get the answer.
Today, IRG works with agents in every corner of the country — from first-year producers writing their first policy to top-tier MDRT and Top of the Table advisors managing seven- and eight-figure cases. The thing that hasn't changed since 1983? Every case gets the same care: personal attention from a case manager who knows the file, direct calls to underwriters who take our calls, and follow-through on every requirement until the policy binds.
Mehrdad Taghdiri.
IRG exists because its founder spent years wishing a firm like it existed.
Mehrdad Taghdiri has worked in life insurance since 1983. He started as an agent at Transamerica, then went out on his own. In 1985 he earned his CFP certification, putting him among the first in the country to hold it. His career has covered sales, management, and money management, and he has run brokerage since 2000. Along the way he learned what agents need from the people behind them, and how rarely they get it. He founded Global Insurance Resources Group to be the firm he had always wanted supporting his own cases.
Working as an agent, he kept running into the same wall. Good business was getting denied, and the problem was not the clients. It was the way cases were handled. Most brokers hand a file to the carrier, wait, and accept whatever comes back. Mehrdad built IRG to work the other way, going straight to the carriers and to the underwriters who actually touch each case. Those relationships are what turn a decline into an approval on the cases other brokers turn away.
The same relationships opened up more than impaired risk. High-net-worth cases call for direct carrier contact and sometimes contracts drafted for one specific client. That kind of work only moves when you know who to call. It made Mehrdad a specialist in the high-net-worth market, and it is still one of the firm's real strengths.
Our values.
These aren't slogans on a wall. They're the way we make every decision.
Your commission is yours.
We never take a cut of your street commission. Our compensation comes from carrier overrides — period. What you earn is what you keep.
Relationships are everything.
Four decades of personal underwriter relationships are the single biggest reason hard cases get approved at IRG. We invest in those relationships every single day.
Every case, same attention.
Your $50K final expense case and your $50M survivorship case get the same level of attention from us. No exceptions.
The agent comes first.
Every decision we make is filtered through one question: does this make life easier for our agents? If the answer's no, we don't do it.
The team that does the work.
IRG's people are what makes IRG, IRG. Here's who's actually on the other end of the phone.
Case Managers
Each case is assigned a dedicated manager who owns it from submission to issue. They know your file by name.
In-House Underwriters
Our internal UW team pre-screens every case, reviews medical records, and prepares cover letters before submission.
Carrier Liaisons
Specialists assigned to specific carriers. They know each carrier's quirks, niche programs, and key decision-makers.
Illustration Specialists
Need a complex IUL design? Survivorship illustration? Our illustration team builds them — fast, accurate, custom.
Marketing Team
Co-branded materials, lead-gen support, agent recruitment collateral — done-for-you marketing that drives production.
Compliance & Licensing
From state appointments to AML training to carrier-specific compliance — our team keeps you appointed and current.
Beyond the standard.
Our specialty isn't just placing easy cases — it's everything around them. Below are some of the advanced strategies and niche programs our agents bring us regularly.
When you partner with IRG, you don't just get a brokerage. You get four decades of relationships, a team that treats your clients like family, and a commitment to your success that doesn't end at the first sale.