April 14, 2005
Last year’s top agencies, the “rookie of the year” and the “recruiter of the year” were honored by the Strategic Independent Agents Alliance on April 14 during SIAA’s 19th semi-annual business meeting at the Marriot World Center in Orlando, Fla. …
April 8, 2005
Roads and neighborhoods were flooded in northwest Florida near Pensacola as a violent storm crossed the north tier of the state continued down the Gulf coast north of Tampa. Starting early on Thursday morning and lasting until late that night, …
April 4, 2005
When I attended the Florida Department of Financial Services town hall meeting in Orlando I got a glimpse of what many insurance agents must have encountered after last year’s hurricanes–how the heck did you cope? Despite the fact that their …
April 4, 2005
Take a stand for values in government,” Troy King, Alabama Attorney General, told more than 100 Alabama Independent Insurance Agents attending a March 17 annual Young Legislative Conference in Montgomery. Quinton Riggs, Business Council of Alabama lobbyist, and Reyn Norman, …
April 4, 2005
Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CEO and House Insurance Committee Chair Rep. Dennis A. Ross, R-Lakeland, listened intently to hurricane-related complaints–from families with nowhere to live, to homeowners with $500 swimming pool damages–at a March 19 town hall meeting at Dr. Phillips …
March 21, 2005
Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CEO and House Insurance Committee Chair Rep. Dennis A. Ross, R-Lakeland, listened intently to an array of hurricane-related complaints – from families with nowhere to live to homeowners with $500 swimming pool repairs — at the March …
March 21, 2005
State lawmakers involved in insurance issues have endorsed proposed federal rules designed to reduce workers’ compensation claims and employee injuries in nursing homes. A resolution supporting ergonomics guidelines for nursing homes and encouraging such facilities to use alternative mechanical lifting …
March 21, 2005
I was surprised and impressed by the efficiency and expertise shown by everyone participating in the March 3-6 National Conference of Insurance Legislators meetings in Hilton Head, S.C. When I heard hundreds of congressmen, senators and insurance industry experts from …
March 18, 2005
State Representative Mike Hill, R-Shelby County, was honored by the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents on March 17th as AIIA’s “Lawmaker of the Year” in an award presentation in Montgomery, Ala. to kick off its annual Young Agents Legislative Conference, during …
March 7, 2005
I recently attended the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida’s “Legislative Day 2005” in Tallahassee, and March 17 I’ll attend the Alabama Independent Insurance Agent’s 18th Annual Legislative Conference in Birmingham. I learned a lot at PIA of Florida’s event, as …