Robert Rusbuldt News

AAI, IIABA LIKE MED-MAL PLAN

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 …

IIABA Calls for Medical Malpractice Reform

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 & …

IIABA Takes Role in Asbestos Litigation Battle

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 …

IIABA Joins Asbestos Alliance

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 …

InsurBanc Expands to 15 Additional States

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 …

IIABA Applauds Senate’s Approval of Terrorism Ins. Backstop

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 …

SHIELDS, BARNES FEATURED AT IIABA

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 …

Shields, Barnes Featured Commentators at IIABA

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 …

InsurBanc Notes One-Year Anniversary

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 …

IIABA Notes Dates for Sept. New Orleans Infoxchange

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 …