Latest Independent Agencies Headlines
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Virginia Big ‘I’ Breaks Ground in Education, Starting with CSR Program
Jul 18 2005 // It’s an age-old problem for agency owners: where to find customer service representatives. Ask agency principals to name their biggest challenges and locating CSRs is right up there at the top of most...
Agent Leader Hits Hodgepodge of Disclosure Rules by Insurers
Jul 18 2005 // While insurance companies are calling upon state officials to coordinate their responses to the various brokerage compensation and other inquiries, independent insurance agents are worried about how the insurers themselves...
Virginia Big ‘I’ Breaks Ground in Education, Starting with CSR Program
Jul 18 2005 // It’s an age-old problem for agency owners: where to find customer service representatives. Ask agency principals to name their biggest challenges and locating CSRs is right up there at the top of most...
Education Essential
Jul 18 2005 // Frequent CE Classes Keep Agents Informed Efforts to provide first-quality education at its annual convention, insurance day programs and at regular errors and omissions education programs puts the Professional Independent...
FAIA Says PIA of Florida ‘Gave Away the Playbook’ to the Opposition
Jul 18 2005 // During two Big I conventions in Florida, speakers accused the Professional Insurance Agents Florida of taking credit for Florida Association of Insurance Agents’ accomplishments, while “giving away the...
Big ‘I’ Says Reform Needed for National Flood Insurance Program
Jul 12 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) praised the House Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity for holding a hearing on the future of the National Flood Insurance...
Davis, Milnor and Wood Gain Election to IIAT Board of Directors
Jul 7 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas elected three new members to the association’s board of directors during the recent 108th Conference & Trade Show in Austin. Steve Davis of GBS Insurance in Bellaire;...
IIAT Traditions Run Deep at Convention in Austin
Jul 4 2005 // Reynolds sworn in as president, McCain wins Drex Foreman Award. Among the many highlights of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 108th IIAT Conference and Trade Show, held June 16 and 17 in Austin, were the...
Small Business Owners Face Gaps, Confusion Over Insurance Problem
Jul 4 2005 // Many U.S. small business owners face a major gap in their insurance coverage or do not fully understand coverage they have, a new national survey conducted by Trusted Choice finds. Trusted Choice agencies are insurance and...
Agent Leader Hits Hodgepodge of Disclosure Rules by Insurers
Jul 4 2005 // While insurance companies are calling upon state officials to coordinate their responses to the various brokerage compensation and other inquiries, independent insurance agents are worried about how the insurers themselves...
Romney Auto Reforms Hit Roadblocks from Mass. Agents and Court
Jul 4 2005 // When the chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America spoke before the Virginia Big “I” recently, he snuck in several digs at liberal-leaning Massachusetts, at one point...
People
Jul 4 2005 // Joe Grauwiler has been named regional vice president of The Main Street America Group’s Jacksonville Region and president of its Old Dominion Insurance Co. unit. The region encompasses Main Street America’s...
Small Business Owners Face Gaps, Confusion Over Insurance Problem
Jul 4 2005 // Many U.S. small business owners face a major gap in their insurance coverage or do not fully understand coverage they have, a new national survey conducted by Trusted Choice finds. Trusted Choice agencies are insurance and...
IIABA Leader Fears Hodgepodge of Fee Disclosure Rules by Insurers
Jul 4 2005 // While insurance companies are calling upon state officials to coordinate their responses to the various brokerage compensation and other inquiries, independent insurance agents are worried about how the insurers themselves...
FAIA Targets PIA of Florida: Claims It Took Credit for ‘Big I’ Accomplishments While It ‘Gave Away the Playbook’
Jun 29 2005 // During two “Big I” conventions held in Florida in June, speakers accused the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida of taking credit for Florida Association of Insurance Agents accomplishments, while actually...
Stiglitz Warns AIIA: ‘Compensation System Is Under Attack’
Jun 28 2005 // “Our compensation system is under attack, it is probably about $2 billion that independent agents put in their pockets due to profit sharing and it is under attack, there is no doubt about it,” Bill Stiglitz,...
Reynolds Sworn in as IIAT President; McCain Wins Drex Foreman Award
Jun 24 2005 // Among the many highlights of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 108th IIAT Conference and Trade Show, held recently in Austin, were the installation of Randy Reynolds, managing partner of Texas Associates...
FAAI Conference Speaker: Rep. Bense Congratulates Fla. Agents
Jun 24 2005 // Rep. Allan G. Bense, (R-Panama City) Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, and one of the most influential political figures in Florida, congratulated insurance companies, agents and claims personnel for their...
FAIA President Says: In Our Future Some Things Will Never Change
Jun 20 2005 // Created more than a century ago in 1904 as the Florida Local Underwriters Association, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents adopted its present name in 1941. FAIA is dedicated to enhancing the independent agency...
FAIA Celebrates Its 101st Anniversary: General Session Features Four Experts
Jun 20 2005 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents will celebrate its 101st anniversary during its June 23 to 25 Convention and Educational Symposium at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. “I...
