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Three Unitrin Companies Join Trusted Choice

Aug 3 2004 // Kemper Auto and Home, Unitrin Multi Lines Insurance and Unitrin Specialty Lines Insurance have joined the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America’s (IIABA) Trusted Choice campaign—the national brand...

Trusted Choice Ads to Return to Airwaves

Jul 29 2004 // Trusted Choice television ads return to the national airwaves next month when the fourth of six advertising flights in 2004 kicks off Aug. 9, according to Trusted Choice Board Chairman Ronald Smith, president of Smith...

IIABA of N.Y. Backs Case for Reauthorization of TRIA

Jul 29 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. has taken its case for reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 before the end of the year to Capitol Hill.Three members of the Syracuse-based...

FNB to Buy Pittsburgh Independent Agency

Jul 29 2004 // F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB) announced in Hermitage, Pa., an agreement to purchase Morrell, Butz & Junker, Inc., an insurance agency based in Pittsburgh that offers property and casualty, life, and health insurance,...

Philbin Chosen as New Trusted Choice Exec. Director

Jul 28 2004 // Heather Philbin was announced as the new executive director of Trusted Choice, according to Big “I” Executive Vice President Debra Perkins.Trusted Choice is the consumer marketing brand created by the...

Big I Announces Best Practices Symposium

Jul 22 2004 // Increasing profits, maintaining revenue growth in a challenging market, and sustaining a competitive advantage are the focal points of workshops at the upcoming Best Practices Business Symposium.The symposium, conducted by...

One-on-One with Montana State Fund President Laurence Hubbard

Jul 19 2004 // In recent months, Montana lawmakers have been discussing the state’s workers’ comp system, primarily the existence and function of the Montana State Fund. There has been talk of privatizing the Fund, or selling...

FAIA 100th Conference Serves Up Banner Century, Honors Past Leaders

Jul 19 2004 // Orlando – From Capt. Scott O’Grady who survived six days in hostile territory after his F-16 was shot down enforcing the no-fly zone over Bosnia. To Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America’s...

Sun, Sand and Deregulation Featured at Louisiana Agents’ Convention

Jul 19 2004 // It may have seemed like the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) were just out for fun in the sun when they met in Destin, Fla. last month for their 102nd annual convention. In reality, this...

Iowa Big I to Host Midwest Agribusiness Conference

Jul 14 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa is holding a two-day training seminar focusing on farm and agribusiness insurance risks Oct. 19-20 in Des Moines. The seminar, dubbed “The First Midwest Agribusiness...

IIABA Testifies on Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; Says Legislation Reaffirmed State Authority

Jul 13 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) testified on Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee that the landmark 1999 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) has not fundamentally...

IIANC Names Morehead City Branch of Burns & Wilcox Broker of the Year

Jul 8 2004 // The Young Agents Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) has named the Morehead City office of national specialty insurance wholesaler, underwriter and managing general agent Burns &...

Big ‘I’ to Offer Continuing Ed Courses in Orlando

Jun 30 2004 // For individuals needing continuing education (CE) credits to meet their state’s insurance licensing requirements, then the 2004 Big “I” Convention this October at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin...

Anti-Fax Law Exemption Bill Passes House Committee

Jun 29 2004 // Federal legislation that would exempt existing business relationships from anti-fax laws, including existing agent-client relationships, has advanced in the House and has been introduced in the Senate said the Independent...

IIABA Honors Virginia’s Adkins with National ACSR of the Year Award

Jun 29 2004 // Jacqueline Adkins, a claims management specialist with Norfolk, Va.-based Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs Co., has been named the 2003 National Accredited Customer Service Representative (ACSR) of the Year by the Independent...

2004 State IIAJC Jr. Golf Tourney Plans Set

Jun 25 2004 // “Final plans are in place for the State Tournament for the Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic (IIAJC), also known as the Big “I” Junior Classic, which is sponsored nationally by the Independent...

Independent Insurance Agents of Montana to Hold Conference July 24-27

Jun 23 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Montana will hold its 73rd Annual Convention and Young Agents Conference from July 24-27, 2004 at the Rock Creek Resort in Red Lodge, Mont. Highlights of the event include breakfast with...

IIANC Selects Broker, Company of the Year

Jun 21 2004 // The Young Agents Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) named Burns & Wilcox/Morehead City as Broker of the Year and St. Paul Travelers as Company of the Year. IIANC says the Broker...

It’s Real Time for Agency Technology

Jun 21 2004 // Real-time, security, download, paperless to the agent, multiple passwords, proprietary company Web sites, choosing an ASP—there is so much going on that it is hard to know where to start! Every day, independent agents...

Wisconsin Big I Gets Visit From New Insurance Commissioner Gomez

Jun 21 2004 // The high point of Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin’s (IIAW) annual convention in May was a lengthy speech from Jorge Gomez, the state’s new insurance commissioner.A February 2003 appointee of...