All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 21 2005 // President George W. Bush addressed his vision for Social Security and insurance issues before more than 1,000 independent insurance agents and brokers at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s...
Apr 19 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina announced that North Carolina will host the National Trusted Choice Big I Junior Classic in 2008. This prestigious tournament will be hosted at the Country Club of North...
Apr 18 2005 // Independent Agents and Their Customers Have the Most to LoseAs product manager for the state’s largest writer of auto insurance through independent agents, I want to take this opportunity to remind you that...
Apr 18 2005 // IVANS Inc., a provider of networking and e-commerce solutions for the insurance and healthcare industries, announced the results of an independent insurance agent survey covering technology issues such as security and...
Apr 15 2005 // “The best way for a consumer to buy insurance is to use the services of an independent agent, but to be successful that agent has to be smart, efficient and well-informed,” Mike LaRocco, Safeco Insurance...
Apr 15 2005 // President George W. Bush will address more than 1,000 independent insurance agents and brokers Thursday, April 21, at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (the Big “I”) National...
Apr 15 2005 // Insurance Journal Says It’s Time to Recognize Top Performing AgenciesWith some 60,000 privately held independent agencies nationwide, locating the most successful ones is a tough job but some company’s got to...
Apr 14 2005 // With some 60,000 privately held independent agencies and brokerages nationwide, locating the most successful ones is a tough job but some company’s got to do it. That company is Insurance Journal.Insurance Journal is...
Apr 13 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina has invited participants to play in qualifying tournaments for the annual Trusted Choice Big I Junior Classic (Big I) national finals. The tournament is open to local...
Apr 13 2005 // Wednesday’s House passage of H.R. 8, the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act, is a great step forward, according to the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”).Sponsored by Rep....
Apr 11 2005 // Tom Johnson, the former executive vice president of the Florida Association of Insurance Agents from 1948 to 1986, passed away in his sleep at 7:05 p.m. April 8 with his family and a few close friends at his bedside....
Apr 11 2005 // Margaret Hunt of the J. Fletcher Willey Agency Inc. in Nags Head, N.C. is the winner of the 2005 Maurice Herndon Scholarship sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America. Hunt will receive the...
Apr 6 2005 // IVANS Inc., a provider of networking and e-commerce solutions for the insurance and healthcare industries, announced the results of an independent insurance agent survey covering technology issues such as security and...
Apr 4 2005 // Agents are treated unfairly by Texas statutes and the result is sky-rocketing errors and omissions insurance premiums, according to the Indepen-dent Insurance Agents of Texas. When rates in the E&O insurance program...
Mar 24 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America has hired Emily Crane as the new manager of media relations. In this role, Crane will serve as an information resource for trade and consumer print media on all...
Mar 22 2005 // InsurBanc, the federal savings bank jointly developed by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America and W.R. Berkley Corporation, has expanded its network of national commercial deposit points to meet the...
Mar 15 2005 // The ISU Group and Rob MacKethan have announced the creation of Agency Advisors, a consultancy providing merger & acquisition services, business appraisals and perpetuation planning advice to independent insurance...
Mar 7 2005 // Medicaid reform, changing term limits and ethics will be three major issues of concern to the Florida Legislature during upcoming meetings and through 2006, Ron Villella, Professional Insurance Agents of Florida lobbyist...
Feb 22 2005 // Liberty Northwest Insurance Corp., based in Portland, Ore., has joined the Trusted Choice® branding movement—the national consumer branding campaign created to educate consumers about the benefits of using independent...
Feb 17 2005 // Trusted Choice advertising will return to a television set near you next month when a two-week, nationwide ad flight airs, according to Ronald Smith, chairman of the consumer branding program’s Board of Directors.The...