Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) has promoted Brian R. Bixby to president of IAAC, the trade group’s service corporation that provides financial support to IIABNY by offering insurance products for the association’s members to sell and non-insurance products for members to use or market to their clients.
Bixby will succeed Lisa K. Lounsbury, who recently assumed the position of IIABNY interim president and CEO.
As President, Bixby will serve as chief liaison between IAAC and its volunteer board of directors, will provide oversight and monitoring of all IAAC programs, products and activities and will develop new program and product opportunities that benefit IIABNY member agencies and brokerages.
During the past six years, he served as assistant vice president of IAAC and was responsible for managing the financial performance and operations for the corporation’s errors and omissions and personal umbrella insurance programs.
Bixby joined IIABNY in 2001 as membership sales and service manager and served for two years as director of E&O and product sales for the association.
Previously, he was a financial advisor for American Express Financial Advisors in Dewitt, NY. He is a licensed insurance agent, holding the New York property and casualty and life, accident and health agent’s licenses. His insurance industry credentials include the CIC, CRM, AAI, ACSR, AINS and AIM professional designations.
In 2015, he was named a member of the National Professional Liability Committee for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America.
Source: IIABNY
Topics Agencies Professional Liability
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