All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 &...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...