August 5, 2002
President Bush’s proposal for major legislative reforms to address the medical malpractice liability crisis has been praised by both the Alliance of American Insurers and the IIABA. In a recent speech in North Carolina, Bush proposed a number of reforms …
July 30, 2002
Americans face a new threat to their health care in the form of a medical malpractice litigation crisis that if left unchecked will make quality health care harder to find, Robert A. Rusbuldt, CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents & …
July 23, 2002
The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) is ratcheting up its work and grassroots advocacy on the growing asbestos-litigation problem that has insurance companies and business inexorably in the crosshairs, according to president Thomas B. Ahart. “The litigation …
July 18, 2002
The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) has joined the Asbestos Alliance, a coalition of businesses, associations and other groups advocating a fair solution to the growing asbestos-litigation problem. The Alliance is working for congressional enactment of a …
July 15, 2002
InsurBanc, the federal savings bank developed by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) to serve agents and brokers as well as their clients, has won regulatory approval to expand its operations to 15 additional states—three on a …
June 19, 2002
The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) reacted to the Senate’s recent approval of the terrorism insurance backstop legislation in a statement released June 18. The final vote invoking passage was 84-14. The legislation, S. 2600, was sponsored …
June 10, 2002
National political columnist Mark Shields and Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes will be featured commentators during a political roundtable at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) upcoming New Orleans InfoXchange. More than 2,500 independent agents, brokers and …
May 23, 2002
National political columnist Mark Shields and Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes will be featured commentators during a political roundtable at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) upcoming New Orleans InfoXchange. More than 2,500 independent agents, brokers and …
May 10, 2002
InsurBanc, the federal savings bank developed by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) to serve independent agents and brokers and their clients, has marked its first anniversary. “As we celebrate our first anniversary, InsurBanc is surpassing expectations …
May 6, 2002
Just four months remain until the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) New Orleans InfoXchange, which will be held Sept. 21-24 at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside and the nearby Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. The IIABA showcase …