Bob Rusbuldt News

Big I Releases Video Statement From Chairman Costello on Rusbuldt

The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (The Big I) on Wednesday released a video statement from Chairman John Costello related to the organization’s move to relinquishing retiring chief executive Bob Rusbuldt of his duties immediately after a conference …

Talk With Fox’s Jesse Watters Leads to Big I CEO Rusbuldt’s ‘Disappointing’ Early Exit

Bob Rusbuldt — set to retire in about two months as chief executive of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (The Big I) — was relinquished of his duties after an interview he conducted with Fox News host …

Big I President & CEO Rusbuldt to Retire Next Year

The longest tenured top executive of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big I) has decided to step down. Bob Rusbuldt, who has been the CEO of Big I since 2001, informed the association’s national board of directors …

Why Independent Agents Went to Capitol Hill to Lobby

Independent insurance agents and brokers from all 50 states convened in Washington, D.C., last month for the Big “I” Legislative Conference. Our members met with almost every U.S. Senate and House office to discuss the association’s top legislative priorities. Here’s …

Top Insurance Lobbyists on Capitol Hill

The Hill, a popular Capitol Hill insider publication with political news and opinions, has placed five insurance groups and their lobbyists on its 2015 list of the top lobbyists in Washington for associations. The insurance trade groups making The Hill’s …

Independent Insurance Agents Defying Doomsayers

According to analysts, technologists, aggregators and others, the independent agency system is in trouble. Somebody forget to tell independent agents. Or more to the point, the doomsayers perhaps didn’t notice that independent agencies have been adapting and getting more into …

Rusbuldt on McKinsey 5: Where Will Agents Really Be in 5 to 10 Years?

Bob Rusbuldt, president and CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America – the Big “I”- takes issue with a McKinsey report that claims local independent agents will soon be extinct. In this fifth and final installment from …

Rusbuldt on McKinsey 4: Trusted Choice, CAP as Part of Agents’ Internet Strategy

Bob Rusbuldt, president and CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America – the Big “I”- takes issue with a McKinsey report that claims local independent agents will soon be extinct. In this fourth installment from an interview …

Rusbuldt on McKinsey 3: Don’t Ignore Trends Favoring Independent Agents

Bob Rusbuldt, president and CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America – the Big “I”- takes issue with a McKinsey report that claims local independent agents will soon be extinct. In this third installment from an interview …

Rusbuldt on McKinsey 2: Agent-Carrier Relationships Make a Difference

Bob Rusbuldt, president and CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America – the Big “I”- takes issue with a McKinsey report that claims local independent agents will soon be extinct. In this second installment of an interview …