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IIANC Offers Course at Wake Technical Community College
Dec 17 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) are offering an insurance course at Wake Technical Community College. IIANC is offering the Certification Preparation for Property and Casualty Insurance...
J.D. Power: Independent Agents Expect Volume Increase With Carriers
Dec 15 2003 // Independent insurance agents expect to see an increase in the number of policies written with the majority of insurance carriers in the next year, according to the inaugural J.D. Power and Associates 2003 Independent...
IIABA Boasts Anti-Spam Exemption
Dec 15 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America said an intensive lobbying effort paid off when it brokered an 11th-hour exemption for trade associations to the anti-“SPAM” bill conference report passed...
Ind. Big I Elects New President
Dec 11 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana elected Lawrence D. Myers as its new president at the group’s convention in November. As a member of the IIAI executive committee, Meyers will represent the interests of...
IIASA to Host Special Christmas Program
Dec 8 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced that its membership luncheon for December will include a special program honoring firefighters and recognizing companies and individuals who have contributed to the...
AIA, PIANJ, IIANJ Applaud N.J. Senate’s Rejection of “Verbal Threshold” Bill
Dec 8 2003 // Following a hearing, at which numerous industry representatives testified (See IJ Web site Dec.5), the New Jersey Senate on Friday, in a 5 to 1 vote, refused to send S-2533, the “verbal threshold” bill to the...
Indiana Big I Elects Mark Bates Immediate Past President
Nov 26 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana (IIAI) elected its officers to serve the association in the year 2004 at the IIAI Annual Convention, Nov. 16-18, 2003. Mark A. Bates will continue to serve as part of the IIAI...
Independent Survey Reveals Good News for NGM
Nov 24 2003 // According to a recent nationwide survey conducted by Deep Customer Connections, Inc. (DCC), a Massachusetts-based management consulting firm serving the property and casualty (P/C) industry, National Grange Mutual (NGM),...
Task Force Created to Expand Markets in Louisiana
Nov 17 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) has established a Markets Task Force to bring insurance company markets back to Louisiana. According to the IIABL, the mission of the task force is to...
Christensen Takes on Role as IIASA President
Nov 13 2003 // Maryanna Christensen was recently installed as the 82nd president of the Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio (IIASA). She began her career in 1976 with Travelers and is currently a principal in the...
Agents Tout Pragmatic Reforms During House Hearing
Nov 7 2003 // Former Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) President Tom Ahart and Ronnie Tubertini, chairman of IIABA’s Government Affairs Committee, on Thursday provided their perspectives on the current...
IIASA Nov. Membership Luncheon to Feature IIAT Directors
Nov 6 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced its Nov. 20 membership luncheon speakers will be David VanDelinder, executive director of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas, and Bill Wade, IIAT’s...
Big “I” Sees International Success with New Associate Member Status
Nov 4 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America announced that two Japanese brokers are the first international insurance professionals to join IIABA by taking advantage of its new “associate...
Wooley, Kyle Battle for Louisiana’s Top Insurance Job
Nov 3 2003 // And then there were two. That is the scenario for this month’s runoff election (Nov. 15) in the race to be the next insurance commissioner in Louisiana. The Oct. 4 primaries brought the field of candidates down to...
IIANJ Joins Insurance Council of New Jersey
Oct 28 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey announced that the organization has recently joined the Insurance Council of New Jersey as an associate member. “ICNJ was established in 1977 and is a nonprofit,...
IIANC Donates $25,000 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
Oct 23 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) presented the American Red Cross, Triangle Area Chapter with a $25,000 donation this week for the Disaster Relief Fund to help victims of Hurricane Isabel and...
IIABA Tells Senate Panel That State Regulation Should Be Reformed, Not Abolished
Oct 23 2003 // There is a vital role for Congress to play in reforming the state insurance regulatory system, but such an effort need not replace or duplicate at the federal level what is already in place at the state level, the...
IIANC to Host Agency Management Conference
Oct 20 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) will be holding an Agency Management Conference Nov. 11-12, at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill. Topics will range from Data Security & Other Technology...
Texas Young Agents Honored:
Oct 20 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ Young Agents Committee was recognized by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers at the IIABA Conference and InfoXchange in Las Vegas, for the Texas group’s work...
Insurance Journal 80th Anniversary
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance Journal By Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...
