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IIABA National Legislative Conference Runs April 21-23
Jan 15 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) has scheduled its 28th annual National Legislative Conference for April 21-23 at The Capital Hilton in downtown Washington, D.C. The event, which always...
IIABA Names Two PR Staffers
Jan 14 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) announced it has hired two new staffers in its public relations office. Jemarion Jones is IIABA’s new manager of media relations. She replaces Kevin...
IIABA Notes Legislative Agenda for New Year
Jan 13 2004 // With the start of the New Year and the beginning of a new session of Congress only a few weeks away, the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) is rolling out its legislative agenda for 2004. Top...
Has the N.J. Auto Market Seen the Last of 30 Years of Mismanagement’
Jan 12 2004 // Last month the National Association of Independent Insurers issued a bulletin, which described New Jersey’s auto insurance market as “once the nation’s poster child for the dangers of over...
IIANC DONATES $25,000 TO AMERICAN RED CROSS DISASTER RELIEF FUND:
Jan 12 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) presented the American Red Cross, Triangle Area Chapter, with a $25,000 donation recently for the Disaster Relief Fund to help victims of Hurricane Isabel and...
Trusted Choice Blitz Pushed Back
Jan 6 2004 // The first in a series of five Trusted Choice ad campaigns in 2004 has been moved to March 1 and will run through March 14, according to the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America. The delay will not affect the...
IIABA Releases 2004 Legislative Agenda
Jan 5 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. announced today that ending the $1 billion drain on New York motorists and freeing the state’s construction industry from a severe crisis created by...
IIANJ Expresses Concerns over Proposed Consumer Privacy Regs
Dec 30 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey recently submitted comments to the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) concerning proposed regulations that outline minimum standards for financial...
IIANJ Young Agents Council Donates Christmas Gifts to Foster Children
Dec 23 2003 // A bulletin from the Young Agents Council (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey notes that members have “spread holiday cheer by donating gifts to foster children this season through The Foster...
IIANJ Comments on DOBI’s “Three Scenarios” and Alternate Underwriting Rules
Dec 22 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey recently provided input to the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) on several proposed regulations implementing the “Competition and Choice Act signed...
Insurance Media Association Elects van Aartrijk President; Angelone and DeMartine Also Named to Offices
Dec 19 2003 // Peter van Aartrijk Jr., CIC, a marketing communications professional with 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, has been elected the first president of the Insurance Media Association. Walter Podgurski,...
Brown Named Public Affairs Manager at IIABA
Dec 17 2003 // Cliston Brown has been named manager of public affairs for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America. Brown comes to the Big “I” after two years as director of communications for Congressman Pete...
IIANC Offers Course at Wake Technical Community College
Dec 17 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) are offering an insurance course at Wake Technical Community College. IIANC is offering the Certification Preparation for Property and Casualty Insurance...
J.D. Power: Independent Agents Expect Volume Increase With Carriers
Dec 15 2003 // Independent insurance agents expect to see an increase in the number of policies written with the majority of insurance carriers in the next year, according to the inaugural J.D. Power and Associates 2003 Independent...
IIABA Boasts Anti-Spam Exemption
Dec 15 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America said an intensive lobbying effort paid off when it brokered an 11th-hour exemption for trade associations to the anti-“SPAM” bill conference report passed...
Ind. Big I Elects New President
Dec 11 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana elected Lawrence D. Myers as its new president at the group’s convention in November. As a member of the IIAI executive committee, Meyers will represent the interests of...
IIASA to Host Special Christmas Program
Dec 8 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced that its membership luncheon for December will include a special program honoring firefighters and recognizing companies and individuals who have contributed to the...
AIA, PIANJ, IIANJ Applaud N.J. Senate’s Rejection of “Verbal Threshold” Bill
Dec 8 2003 // Following a hearing, at which numerous industry representatives testified (See IJ Web site Dec.5), the New Jersey Senate on Friday, in a 5 to 1 vote, refused to send S-2533, the “verbal threshold” bill to the...
Indiana Big I Elects Mark Bates Immediate Past President
Nov 26 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana (IIAI) elected its officers to serve the association in the year 2004 at the IIAI Annual Convention, Nov. 16-18, 2003. Mark A. Bates will continue to serve as part of the IIAI...
Independent Survey Reveals Good News for NGM
Nov 24 2003 // According to a recent nationwide survey conducted by Deep Customer Connections, Inc. (DCC), a Massachusetts-based management consulting firm serving the property and casualty (P/C) industry, National Grange Mutual (NGM),...
