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Texas Agents Honor State Lawmakers with Independent Leadership Award

The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has presented Independent Leadership Awards to the Honorable Kelly Hancock, Texas House of Representatives, and the Honorable John Carona, Texas Senate. With close to 10 terms served in the Texas Legislature between the …

Baker Joins Texas Agent Group as Director of Health Insurance Information

Misty Baker has joined the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas as director of health insurance information. In this newly created role, Baker will serve as a member resource for agency personnel working in life and health lines, including employee benefits. …

Kephart Joins IIAT as E&O Marketing Specialist

Gunnar Kephart has joined The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas as E&O marketing specialist. In this newly created role, Kephart will advise agents on errors and omissions issues and assist with their E&O insurance placement. Kephart’s insurance career spans 25 …

West Honored with Political Action Award by Texas Agents Group

Scott West, owner of Pathfinder Insurance Agency in Houston, was honored as the Paige Eiland Political Action Award winner by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas. West has chaired his local association’s political action committee, helped drive both the agenda …

Certificates of Insurance, Staff Leasing Bills Signed by Texas Governor

Texas Gov. Rick Perry in mid-June signed a measure backed by agents groups that requires regulatory approval of property and casualty certificate of insurance forms provided to insureds as proof of insurance coverage. The governor also signed a bill requiring …

Texas Independent Agents Honor Brady with Top Award

Tim Brady, chairman and former CEO of Brady, Chapman, Holland and Associates in Houston, was named the 2011 Drex Foreman Award winner at the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 114th Annual Conference & Trade Show in Houston. Brady began his …

Shepard Installed as President of Independent Insurance Agents of Texas

Bob Shepard, board chairman of Shepard Walton King Insurance Group in Harlingen, was installed as IIAT president for 2011-2012 during the association’s annual business meeting in Houston on June 24. Patrick Watkins, president of Watkins Insurance Group, Austin, was installed …

Texas Agents to Lend Helping Hand to Houston’s KIPP PEACE Campus

The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) and its Trusted Choice agencies, insurance representatives and other insurance professionals from across the state will gather in Houston, June 22-24, for IIAT’s 114th Annual Conference & Trade Show. This year’s Annual Conference …