Insurers, Agents Propose Pandemic Business Relief Plan; Plaintiffs Offer BIG Compromise May 22, 2020 Key segments of the property/casualty insurance industry, which is facing mounting claims for business interruption losses from the pandemic, have...
Big ‘I’ Adds Webb to Capitol Hill Team October 22, 2015 Jennifer Webb has joined the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) Capitol Hill team...
Agent Support, Ratings Added to Expanding Google Compare May 5, 2015 By Don Jergler The auto insurance comparison website Google Compare is expanding into Texas, Illinois and Pennsylvania, as well as adding ratings and...
Independent Insurance Agents Defying Doomsayers March 12, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson According to analysts, technologists, aggregators and others, the independent agency system is in trouble. Somebody forget to tell independent agents....
Big Brains at Big ‘I’, Insurance Information Institute Give Their Take on 2014 December 11, 2013 By Don Jergler Most economists are upbeat about next year, but just what does that mean for insurance agents in 2014? For independent...
Big ‘I’ 2013 Best Practices Study Finds Increases in Specializations, Profitability November 15, 2013 The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) released its 2013 Best Practices Study which...
Agents Helping Agents in Recovery from Oklahoma Tornadoes May 29, 2013 By Stephanie K. Jones Twelve hundred homes damaged or destroyed, 33,000 people impacted and $2 billion in property losses. Those are damage estimates from...
Big ‘I’ Honors Illinois Agent for Work on Crop Insurance April 25, 2013 An Illinois agent has received an award from the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA or Big ‘I’)...
W.R. Berkley Corp. Divests, Connecticut Bank Acquires InsurBanc April 8, 2013 By Young Ha InsurBanc — a federal savings bank founded by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America and W.R. Berkley Corp....
Insurance Agents and the 2012 Election: Interview with Big I CEO Rusbuldt November 2, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson When it comes to the 2012 presidential election, insurance agents have, as industry insiders like to say, “skin in the...