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Real Technology Issues Facing Agents Today
May 3 2004 // Based on the many conversations I’ve had with agents, I think it is safe to say that they are sick to death of doing multiple entries of the same data. Real-time, security, download, paperless to the agent, multiple...
The Numbers Have It
May 3 2004 // Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who’s the biggest of them all? Welcome to Insurance Journal’s first ever “Salute to Independent P/C Agencies Top 100” issue, in which we tried to determine who’s at...
Real Technology Issues Facing Agents Today
May 3 2004 // Real-time, security, download, paperless to the agent, multiple passwords, proprietary company Web sites, choosing an ASP—there is so much going on that it is hard to know where to start. Every day, independent agents...
Big I Board Nominates Stiglitz as President-Elect
May 3 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s Board of State Directors has nominated William G. Stiglitz III as the association’s president-elect and has elected Alex Soto, CPCU, ARM, as the...
Real Technology Issues Facing Agents Today
May 3 2004 // Based on the many conversations I’ve had with agents, I think it is safe to say that they are sick to death of doing multiple entries of the same data. Real-time, security, download, paperless to the agent, multiple...
Ky. Account Executive Nominated Big ‘I’ President-Elect; Fla.’s Soto Named Next VP
Apr 29 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America ‘s (the Big “I”) National Board of State Directors has nominated William Stiglitz III as the association’s president-elect and has elected...
IIANC Ships Goods to Troops in Iraq
Apr 29 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) along with independent agencies and companies around the state have begun a campaign to send supplies to our troops in Iraq. To date more than 50 boxes have been...
N.C. Agents Tee-Off for Young Golfers to Play in Regional IIAJC Qualifying Tournaments
Apr 27 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina will sponsor qualifying tournaments for the annual Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic (IIAJC) national finals. The tournament is open to local junior...
Mass. Rep. Barney Frank Covers a Flood of Issues on Final Day at National Legislative Conference
Apr 23 2004 // Washington, D.C. – Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, told a gathering of independent insurance agents on the final day of the Independent Insurance Agents &...
Thomas Receives InsurPac Young Agent Award
Apr 23 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America reported that Ernest Jeffrey Thomas of LaGrange, N.C., was honored with the InsurPac Young Agent Recognition Award bestowed annually upon the young agent or broker...
Texas’ McCain Honored for InsurPac Fundraising Efforts
Apr 23 2004 // Marietta McCain of San Antonio, Texas, has been honored with the Bernard J. Burns Award, bestowed annually upon the agent or broker making the most significant impact on fundraising efforts for InsurPac, the political...
Ky.’s Bunning Named 2003 IIABA Legislator of the Year
Apr 22 2004 // U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) was presented the 2003 Gerald Solomon Legislator of the Year Award by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) during the Association’s 28th annual National...
IIABA Honors Tubertini With Sidney O. Smith Award
Apr 22 2004 // Ronald Tubertini, the chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) Government Affairs Committee, was presented with the Association’s highest individual government affairs...
IIANJ Honored for State Legislative Work
Apr 22 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey, Inc. (IIANJ) was presented the prestigious Maurice G. Herndon National Legislative Award today in recognition of its outstanding government affairs achievements last...
Maine Agents Told Markets, InsurBanc, IIABA Enjoying Spring Growth
Apr 19 2004 // Speakers at this year’s annual meeting of the Maine Insurance Agents Association didn’t let a sneaky spring snowfall get them down as they issued positive reports on markets, products, association business and...
Agents Will Blossom in Washington
Apr 19 2004 // They will descend on Washington, D.C. from all corners of the country. No, not John Kerry’s supporters or those looking to oust the current President, but independent insurance agents, who will gather for the the...
MANATEE COUNTY (FLA.) INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS ASSOC. MEMBERS LISTEN IN ON E&O LIABILITY ISSUES:
Apr 19 2004 // The Manatee County Independent Insurance Agents Association Inc. (Bradenton, Fla.) recently hosted two partners from the Phelps Dunbar, LLP law firm (Tampa office), who made a presentation regarding Error & Omissions...
IIAT Group Goes to Washington
Apr 19 2004 // Twenty-one delegates from the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas, including all IIAT officers, are scheduled to attend the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) National Legislative...
Brooke: This Franchise Player is Making an Impact
Apr 19 2004 // Jack Cassell “was pretty happy just being a producer,” as he had been since entering the insurance business in 1979. But he saw an opportunity when the agency he was working for, Wichita, Kan.-based Manning...
Brooke: This Franchise Player is Making an Impact
Apr 19 2004 // Jack Cassell “was pretty happy just being a producer,” as he had been since entering the insurance business in 1979. But he saw an opportunity when the agency he was working for, Wichita, Kan.-based Manning...