What I’ve Learned
It’s hard to believe I’m wrapping up my last issue as Executive Editor of Insurance Journal. In the three years since I started here as a reporter, the industry has evolved so much (who says the insurance industry is stagnant?), …
Big “I” Shares Insights, Reaffirms Commitments at Hawaii InfoXchange
With the theme, “Grow Your Business…Secure Your Future,” the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) Hawaii InfoXchange had plenty of valuable insight to share with attendees. The convention was held Oct. 27-30 at the Sheraton Waikiki in Honolulu. “Branding starts …
Big ‘I’ Shares Insights, Reaffirms Commitments at Hawaii InfoXchange
With the theme, “Grow Your Business…Secure Your Future,” the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) Hawaii InfoXchange had plenty of valuable insight to share with attendees. The convention was held Oct. 27-30 at the Sheraton Waikiki in Honolulu. “Branding starts …
A ‘Knowledge Society’
Knowledge is Power. We’ve heard that from motivational speakers, read it in books, seen it on bumper stickers. But according to Peter Drucker, an internationally reknowned economic expert, a new society is at hand, and it will be a society …
Even in Paradise, A Job to Do
Eating papaya and drinking coffee, we relaxed on the terrace in front of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on Waikiki Beach. It was hard to believe we were getting ready to listen to straight talk about some of the most disastrous …
Opening the Library Door
When I was a child, visiting the library was a thrilling experience. The tall shelves of books, the sunlight streaming in long windows onto wooden tables, and that smell of paper secrets buried between covers. The childrens’ reading room with …
In the Thick of National Crisis: IJ Talks with IIAA CEO Rusbuldt
As the nation was reeling from tragedy, Robert A. Rusbuldt, CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), was moving ahead with other industry representatives to ensure that the important role of independent agents was recognized and secure. Rusbuldt …
IIAA Heads to the Islands for a Much-Needed Industry ‘Update’
Grow Your Business—Secure Your Future” was slated to be the theme of this year’s Independent Agents of America (IIAA) InfoXchange. But the events of last month suddenly made the idea of securing your future seem even more relevant. With America …
IIAA Heads to the Islands for a Much-Needed Industry ‘Update’
Grow Your Business—Secure Your Future” was slated to be the theme of this year’s Independent Agents of America (IIAA) InfoXchange. But the events of last month suddenly made the idea of securing your future seem even more relevant. With America …
Preparing for the Unthinkable
Although another terrorist attack is a concept too awful to imagine, as an industry, our job is to protect against the unthinkable. That’s why insurers and reinsurers alike are lining up to support the creation of a federally backed insurance …
