All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 5 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (The Big “I”) is applauding continuing efforts by state policymakers and federal courts to eliminate countersignature laws.The Big “I” has...
Sep 30 2004 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT), one of the largest independent commercial insurance firms in Texas, has been selected as a 2004 Best Practices Agency by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
Sep 29 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) is hailing House Financial Services Committee passage of H.R. 4634, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Backstop Extension Act.The Association...
Sep 23 2004 // For weeks, more than 1,200 of Progressive’s largest independent agents and brokers have speculated about why the company invited them to meet in Las Vegas. Their questions were finally answered as the Progressive...
Sep 23 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) swore in new officers for the 2004/2005 year at its 111th annual conference in Newport, Rhode Island.Dave L. Wyrsch, Sr., of The Van Dyk Group in Beach...
Sep 20 2004 // After four days of intense play and weather delays at Dornick Hills Country Club in Ardmore, Okla., the 36th annual Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic (IIAJC) concluded recently in thrilling fashion for newly...
Sep 20 2004 // Mayfield Village, Ohio-based leading vehicle insurer Progressive Corp. has called its top-selling independent agents to a meeting in Las Vegas this week to unveil what is described by a company spokeswoman as an...
Sep 20 2004 // When the outgoing president of the National Association of Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO), Jim Griffith, founded Princeton Risk Managers in 1974, organizers of the surplus lines association were convening in Florida to...
Sep 20 2004 // All Agencies Can Benefit from a Paperless EnvironmentMany independent insurance agents and brokers are used to the concept of “paperless processing” since most of the insurance companies they represent utilize...
Sep 16 2004 // Jeffrey A. Myers, a 15-year industry communications veteran with extensive experience at the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (the Big “I”) and in the industry, has been named the new...
Sep 14 2004 // Why has the hard market created a homeowners insurance affordability and availability problem for so many consumers? Homeowners insurance policies are too broad, deductibles are too small, and insurers don’t do...
Sep 6 2004 // Alina Lee, 14, of Evans, Ga., and Ji Ho Moon, 15, of Ellicott City, Md., took the top spots at the 36th annual Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic (IIAJC), held recently at the Dornick Hills Country Club in Ardmore,...
Aug 23 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of Washington will hold its annual conference Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2004 at The Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Wash. The conference theme, “Making a Difference,”...
Aug 23 2004 // IBA West’s O’Kane Reflects Back on 22-Year TenureThere are few people in the insurance industry that have truly made an impact on behalf of independent agents and brokers. Jerry O’Kane is one of those...
Aug 18 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced that the Myron F. Steves Insurance Professional Scholarship Program is now available to the association’s members.In its pledge to “Excellence through...
Aug 17 2004 // After four days of intense play and weather delays at Dornick Hills Country Club in Ardmore, Okla., the 36th annual Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic (IIAJC) concluded recently in thrilling fashion for newly...
Aug 9 2004 // Kemper Auto and Home, Unitrin Multi Lines Insurance and Unitrin Specialty Lines Insurance have become members of Trusted Choice—the national brand created by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America...
Aug 9 2004 // In 1969, independent insurance agents came together for a community service project that would empower and motivate young people. Since then, that project has matured into the nation’s largest junior stroke-play golf...
Aug 4 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of Washington will hold its annual conference Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2004 at The Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington.The conference theme, “Making a...
Aug 3 2004 // Allstate Workplace Division has launched a new electronic worksite application program called AllApp for independent agents contracted to sell Allstate Workplace Division products. AllApp features a combined product...