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In a league of its own

Aug 21 2006 // Celebrating the 38th annual Trusted Choice Big “I” Junior Classic, the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, and hundreds of golfers and fans, descended on Lubbock, Texas, in late July for what...

Independent agents sold on golf

Aug 21 2006 // It seems nearly every insurance convention or meeting is conjoined with a corresponding golf outing. Why do agents and industry partners play golf? What about those who do not? And what makes a good agent golfer? Insurance...

Independent agents sold on golf

Aug 21 2006 // SPECIAL REPORT: It seems nearly every insurance convention or meeting is conjoined with a corresponding golf outing. Why do agents and industry partners play golf? What about those who do not? And what makes a good agent...

Big I Virtual University Adds Podoshen to Staff

Aug 16 2006 // The Big “I” Virtual University (VU) has appointed Michael Podoshen, former assistant vice president of personal lines and corporate risk manager for Insurance Services Office Inc,. as its 50th expert. Podoshen...

Diversification plus education equals a successful independent agency

Aug 7 2006 // Note to independent agents and brokers: Pay attention to the Geico gecko and former “24” actor who is now shilling for Allstate. They are gunning for your business. Either you can try to go head to head against...

Congressional hearing held on terrorism and insurance

Aug 7 2006 // Agents, risk managers and insurers press Congress for long-term TRIA solution Two U.S. House subcommittees–the Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversights and Investigation, and the Homeland Security...

Aug 7 2006 // People Dallas-based McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP named Kyle Moss a partner in the firm. Moss, previously employee benefits director in MHBT’s Dallas office, is responsible for the production and servicing of...

Congressional hearing held on terrorism and insurance

Aug 7 2006 // News Currents Two U.S. House subcommittees-the Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversights and Investigation, and the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk...

The Drive Group Opens Colorado Data Center

Aug 3 2006 // The Drive Group of Insurance Companies, the largest auto insurer through independent agents and brokers in the country, announced the completion of a new data center and document production facility in Colorado Springs,...

House Bill Would Establish National Disaster Commission

Jul 31 2006 // Legislation that would establish a bipartisan national commission tasked with recommending policies to help the federal government prepare for and manage disaster response has been introduced in the House of...

Safeco CEO: ‘We will sell to consumers in the way they want to buy’

Jul 24 2006 // Explaining Seattle-based Safeco’s recent announcement that it would sell its products directly to consumers via the Internet, President and CEO Paul Rosput Reynolds said the company previously had been not...

IIAT honors Fitzhugh for 60 years of state conference attendance

Jul 24 2006 // Third-generation and longtime Waco independent insurance agent Champe Fitzhugh Jr., was honored in mid-June by his insurance profession’s state association, the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT), for...

Big ‘I’ exec tells agents federal charter is a ‘recipe for disaster’

Jul 24 2006 // If a mandatory or even an optional Federal Charter is implemented in Washington, D.C., it will be a “recipe for disaster,” says Charles E. Symington Jr., Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of...

Longfellows Lead Independent Insurance Agents of Montana

Jul 24 2006 // Dale Longfellow of Hobson Insurance, Hobson Mont., was elected the 76th President of the Independent Insurance Agents of Montana. He has been an insurance agent for more than 35 years and has been involved with the Montana...

IIAT honors Fitzhugh for 60 years of state conference attendance

Jul 24 2006 // Third generation Waco agent going strong at 89 Third-generation and longtime Waco independent insurance agent Champe Fitzhugh Jr., was honored in mid-June by his insurance profession’s state association, the...

Gibson, Ridge, Win 2006 Trusted Choice Big ‘I’ Junior Classic

Jul 18 2006 // Tommy Gibson of Pilot Mountain, N.C. shot a 138 over two days to place first in the Boys division at the 36-hole North Carolina Trusted Choice Big “I” Junior Classic (previously the IIAJC) championship on July...

Big “I” Testifies for Targeted Federal Tools, State Regulatory Reform

Jul 11 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) testified today before the Senate Banking Committee in support of targeted “federal tools,” and in opposition to federal...

Big ‘I’ Hires Koonce as New Federal Lobbyist

Jul 10 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) has expanded its Capitol Hill staff by hiring Thomas C. Koonce as its new assistant vice president for federal government affairs,...

News Currents

Jul 3 2006 // Mass. agents seek 4% auto pay raise Massachusetts independent insurance agents have filed for a four percent hike in the commission they receive on private passenger auto insurance polices. If approved by Insurance...

Diversification plus education equals a successful independent agency

Jul 3 2006 // Note to independent agents and brokers: Pay attention to the Geico gecko and former “24” actor who is now shilling for Allstate. They are gunning for your business. Either you can try to go head to head against...