Latest Independent Agencies Headlines
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Elected Federal Officials Claim They’re Aware of Agents’ Influence
May 17 2004 // At IIABA Conference, Agents Capture Attention of Lawmakers Frank, Baker, Allen and Bunning From coast to coast, they came to Washington, D.C. last month for a chance to hear and be heard on a wide range of issues from...
IIABA Legislative Conference Allows Agents, Brokers Chance to Lobby
May 17 2004 // From coast to coast, they came to Washington, D.C. last month for a chance to have their voices heard on a wide range of issues from workers’ compensation to taxes on their businesses. The 28th Annual Independent...
IIANC SHIPS GOODS TO TROOPS:
May 17 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) along with independent agencies and companies around the state have begun a campaign to send supplies to U.S. troops in Iraq. To date more than 50 boxes have been...
IIASA, TWIA WINDSTORM WORKSHOP:
May 17 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced it will host a windstorm insurance underwriting workshop in conjunction with the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. The workshop is scheduled for June 4, 2004,...
IIABA Legislative Conference Allows Agents, Brokers Chance to Lobby
May 17 2004 // From coast to coast, they came to Washington, D.C., last month for a chance to have their voices heard on a wide range of issues from workers’ compensation to taxes on their businesses. The 28th Annual Independent...
Correction: 100 Largest P/C Independent Agencies
May 11 2004 // Insurance Journal recently published a list of the top 100 largest property/casualty independent agencies and brokers in its May 3, 2004 issue. The list was compiled based on information that agencies voluntarily submitted...
IIANC’s Young Agents Conference Runs June 13-15
May 6 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina’s (IIANC’s) annual Young Agents Conference, a conference in North Carolina targeted to agents 41 years of age and under, will be held June 13-15, at the...
IIABA Study Warns on “Electrical Hazards”
May 5 2004 // A survey commissioned by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America found that out of more than 75 million American homeowners, one out of four never checks for electrical hazards and thus is vulnerable to...
Real Technology Issues Facing Agents Today
May 3 2004 // Based on the many conversations I’ve had with agents, I think it is safe to say that they are sick to death of doing multiple entries of the same data. Real-time, security, download, paperless to the agent, multiple...
The Numbers Have It
May 3 2004 // Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who’s the biggest of them all? Welcome to Insurance Journal’s first ever “Salute to Independent P/C Agencies Top 100” issue, in which we tried to determine who’s at...
Real Technology Issues Facing Agents Today
May 3 2004 // Real-time, security, download, paperless to the agent, multiple passwords, proprietary company Web sites, choosing an ASP—there is so much going on that it is hard to know where to start. Every day, independent agents...
Big I Board Nominates Stiglitz as President-Elect
May 3 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s Board of State Directors has nominated William G. Stiglitz III as the association’s president-elect and has elected Alex Soto, CPCU, ARM, as the...
Real Technology Issues Facing Agents Today
May 3 2004 // Based on the many conversations I’ve had with agents, I think it is safe to say that they are sick to death of doing multiple entries of the same data. Real-time, security, download, paperless to the agent, multiple...
Ky. Account Executive Nominated Big ‘I’ President-Elect; Fla.’s Soto Named Next VP
Apr 29 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America ‘s (the Big “I”) National Board of State Directors has nominated William Stiglitz III as the association’s president-elect and has elected...
IIANC Ships Goods to Troops in Iraq
Apr 29 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) along with independent agencies and companies around the state have begun a campaign to send supplies to our troops in Iraq. To date more than 50 boxes have been...
N.C. Agents Tee-Off for Young Golfers to Play in Regional IIAJC Qualifying Tournaments
Apr 27 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina will sponsor qualifying tournaments for the annual Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic (IIAJC) national finals. The tournament is open to local junior...
Mass. Rep. Barney Frank Covers a Flood of Issues on Final Day at National Legislative Conference
Apr 23 2004 // Washington, D.C. – Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, told a gathering of independent insurance agents on the final day of the Independent Insurance Agents &...
Thomas Receives InsurPac Young Agent Award
Apr 23 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America reported that Ernest Jeffrey Thomas of LaGrange, N.C., was honored with the InsurPac Young Agent Recognition Award bestowed annually upon the young agent or broker...
Texas’ McCain Honored for InsurPac Fundraising Efforts
Apr 23 2004 // Marietta McCain of San Antonio, Texas, has been honored with the Bernard J. Burns Award, bestowed annually upon the agent or broker making the most significant impact on fundraising efforts for InsurPac, the political...
Ky.’s Bunning Named 2003 IIABA Legislator of the Year
Apr 22 2004 // U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) was presented the 2003 Gerald Solomon Legislator of the Year Award by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) during the Association’s 28th annual National...
