An insurance agency website redesign should never cost you the search rankings your current site already earned.

A redesign done properly maps every existing URL to its new equivalent, adds 301 redirects for each one, and keeps your current site live until the new one is approved, so the switch is a same-day handover rather than a period where prospects find a broken page.

Job docket
  • Plans$127 a month
  • Build fee$697, after launch
  • Live in7 days
  • Revisions5 a month
  • Domain and hostingIncluded

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Why redesigns lose rankings, when they do

Rankings are usually lost through carelessness, not because a redesign inherently costs you visibility. A common failure: URLs change shape, no redirect is set up, and every backlink and bookmark pointing at the old address now returns a dead page. Search engines read that as the page disappearing, and the ranking disappears with it. This is entirely avoidable with a URL map done before launch.

02

The migration steps that actually protect rankings

Every existing URL is mapped to its new page before launch. Redirects are set for each one, page titles that were already ranking are kept where they still fit the new structure, and the new sitemap is submitted to Google the day the domain switches. None of this is exotic; it is simply done every time, not skipped under deadline pressure.

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Your current site stays live throughout the build

The new design is built and reviewed on a private preview while your existing site keeps serving visitors and keeps its rankings intact. There is no window where a half-finished redesign is visible to search engines or to a prospect who found you through an old link.

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Why most agency redesigns actually improve rankings

Because the new site is faster, structured with a page per line and per office, and backed by weekly articles, most agencies see search visibility improve within the ranking window rather than merely hold steady. A redesign is an opportunity to fix structural weaknesses the old site never addressed, not just a repaint.

Delivered On every plan

What you get

Infographic with Tilby the wombat mascot: Redesign without losing rankings. A full URL map; A private preview; 301 redirects on every URL; Sitemap sent on launch day; Your current site stays live.

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Who this is for, and what it does not cover

This page is for an agency with a site that already earns something: rankings, referral traffic, an address people type in. The fear is not the design, it is losing what is already working.

Most often asked for by agencies writing in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and built the same way anywhere in the United States.

Not included

  • We do not redesign in place on your current platform; we rebuild and migrate.
  • We cannot recover rankings a site lost before we arrived, and we will not pretend otherwise.
  • We do not take responsibility for traffic from ads or listings we do not control.

What happens after you order

Before anything is designed, every existing URL is mapped and the pages that actually earn traffic are identified. Those titles are preserved unless there is a reason to change them, each old address gets a 301 to its closest new page, and the new sitemap is submitted on launch day.

Live in 7 days on Draft, 10 on Proof and 15 on Edition, counted from the onboarding call. The $697 build fee is invoiced only after launch.

Included34 items

What comes with it, on every plan

This service is delivered inside the managed plans, so the whole package comes with it. Proof adds the AI Engine and Edition adds the Content Engine.

What you getDraftProofEdition
A brand system set for your agency
A page for every line you write
Office and territory pages
Light and dark, readable on any screen
90+ PageSpeed, guaranteed
A launch date you can put in the calendar
Compliance-aware copy on every page
The coverage finder
Every request lands in your AMS or CRM
Routing to the right producer
A finder that narrows, never advises
Weekly detail updates
5 revisions a month, any size each
A client portal from day one
Managed hosting, nothing itemized
Technical and on-page SEO
Local and service-area pages for your towns
Answer-first content for snippets and voice
Readable by AI assistants
Structured data on every page
Researched articles every week
The ranking commitment in writing
An AI receptionist on the phone
An AI chat widget on the site
SMS, Messenger and Instagram agents
A2P 10DLC registration filed for you
A call-analysis PDF for every conversation
An agent that hands advice to a person
3 social image posts and 2 reels a week
Your Google Business Profile, managed
A free domain, or keep the one you have
Migration that keeps the rankings you have
Your words stay yours
An exit that gives you your content back

Proofs2 readings

Agencies who asked for exactly this

Real reviews from agency and broker staff, in their own words and named with their permission.

  • Content audit and update process for commercial coverage reviews

    They tracked down every place our commercial coverage reviews information appeared; there were more than we admitted. Everything now lives in one maintained reference, with the duplicates retired or redirected. Maintaining the site finally feels manageable.
    Miranda KingsleyReception supervisor, Fleet and haulage insurance practiceReno, NV
  • Page migration and redirect mapping for commercial coverage reviews

    Everyone talks about the new design; I cared more about where the old commercial coverage reviews links would land. We reviewed the full redirect map before launch and checked the destinations ourselves. I could share the new site knowing the old links had been taken seriously.
    Katherine LyndonRenewals administrator, Directors and officers insurance adviserTacoma, WA

Questions about insurance agency website redesign

Will our search rankings drop during the redesign?

Your current site stays live and unchanged while the new one is built and reviewed on a private preview, so there is no period where rankings are affected by an unfinished site.

What happens to our old page URLs?

Every one is mapped to its new equivalent and given a 301 redirect before launch, so existing links and bookmarks continue to work and search engines carry the ranking signal forward.

How long does a redesign migration take?

The build itself follows your plan's normal timeline, 7 to 15 days depending on tier. The domain switch itself takes minutes once the new site is approved.

Can you redesign a site that is not on a custom-coded platform today?

Yes. Most redesigns start from a WordPress site, a page builder or an old static site. The content and URL structure are audited regardless of the platform it currently runs on.

What if we are not ready to switch domains yet?

The new site can be finished and reviewed on a private preview for as long as you need before the switch. Nothing goes live until you approve it.

How do you decide which pages to keep?

By what they earn and what they answer. Pages with traffic or links are rebuilt and improved rather than retired; thin pages are merged into a stronger one with a redirect so nothing lands on a dead address.

What happens to our blog archive?

It comes across. Posts keep their URLs where possible, their titles where those are working, and their formatting is rebuilt in the new brand system. Anything genuinely outdated is corrected or retired with a redirect.

How long is the risky window?

Minutes. Your current site serves visitors until the domain switches, the redirects are live at the same instant, and there is no period where a prospect sees a half-finished site.

Will our rankings dip at all?

A small movement after any migration is normal while search engines re-crawl. What prevents a real loss is the mapping, the redirects and the preserved titles, plus a faster site with more pages worth ranking. The ranking commitment in your plan applies from launch.

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