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LEGISLATIVE NEWS Keep Up Grassroots Efforts
It may be August recess, but that doesn’t mean members of Congress are returning to their home states and districts to play in sandboxes. Most members will capitalize on their time at home by catching up with their constituents. With so many important insurance issues now before Congress, it’s critical that independent agents make their voices heard. August is the perfect time to reach out to senators and representatives.
Not sure how to start your grassroots efforts? It’s now even easier to make the grassroots connection because of updates to the Big “I” grassroots Web site. Go to www.independentagent.com, log on as a member, click “government affairs” and then click “grassroots.” The site can help you contact your members of Congress and also includes several suggested grassroots activities.
-- Jennifer Sikorski, "Independent Agent Magazine"
CONTINUING EDUCATION Mike Edwards, CPCU, AAI To Teach Upcoming CE Classes for IIAG
We are pleased to announce that Mike Edwards, CPCU, AAI will once again be teaching classes for IIAG.
He will be holding two personal lines seminars in Doraville on August 16th:
9am – 12pm: Coverage Issues in the 2005 PAP
1pm – 4pm: ISO’s 2000 Homeowners Program
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn more about these important coverages for your clients!
For more information on these courses, please contact IIAG’s Director of Education, Paul Saye, at 800.878.6487 x104 or psaye@iiag.org.
CONTINUING EDUCATION Be Recognized as an Expert in Your Field: The Accredited Advisor in Insurance Designation
It
is with great excitement that
the Independent Insurance Agents
of Georgia would like to
announce our August schedule of
courses for those interested in
pursuing the Accredited Advisor
in Insurance designation (AAI).
We will be holding the AAI 82
module (Multiple Lines Insurance
Production) August 21st – 23rd
at our office in Doraville. There are several compelling reasons:
TECHNOLOGY NEWS Agents, Brokers, Carriers, Vendors Responding to ‘Real Time Campaign’ Call to Action The campaign to increase implementation of real time and download technology-based workflows and independent agency-company interface applications is garnering significant attention and generating action industry-wide, campaign leaders report.
As defined by the campaign, real time is the ability to click on a button from a client file in an agency management system or comparative rater for immediate access to carrier information on that client. The transaction may be a quote, billing inquiry, claim inquiry/loss run, policy view, endorsement or a request for information. This approach provides a single workflow for servicing or quoting.
The campaign’s Web site— www.getrealtime.org —has been the key resource for industry parties to obtain information and to learn how to apply these workflows, says Jeff Yates, executive director of the Agents’ Council for Technology (ACT) and a campaign leader. Since going live a little more than two months ago, the campaign’s online resource center has generated about 17,000 distinct visits and 81,000 total hits.
Read full article at Insurance Newscast
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THE GEORGIA CRACKER TRUSTED CHOICE® Main Street America Airs Trusted Choice® Advertisements A founding company partner of Trusted Choice®, Main Street America has become the first carrier to run Trusted Choice® television advertisements, promoting its insurance products and services offered exclusively through independent agents. These ads will run through September in the Keene, New Hampshire marketing area, where the company was founded in 1923 and maintains an office to this day.
The ads will be aired on CNN, Fox News Channel, CNN Headline News and the New England Sports Network during Boston Red Sox games.
“We are extremely excited about this new advertising program because it will expose even more consumers to the Trusted Choice® brand,” says Main Street America Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Van Berkel, who makes an appearance in the promotions.
The Main Street America Group comprises four property and casualty insurance carriers: NGM Insurance Company, Old Dominion Insurance Company, Main Street America Assurance Company and MSA Insurance Company.
With nearly $850 million in
direct premium written
exclusively by more than 1,300
independent insurance agents,
Main Street America insures more
than 500,000 policyholders along
the Eastern Seaboard from Maine
to Florida.
A.M. Best Company rates The Main
Street America Group at "A"
(Excellent).
CONTINUING EDUCATION New Market Access Program!! FREE CE!!
Your association is constantly striving to bring you the best market opportunities available. Our national association has partnered with Fireman’s Fund to bring members a new Affluent Homeowner’s Program. Georgia has been selected as a pilot state for the program and we invite you to participate in this opportunity. It will do much more than simply add a fantastic market to your product portfolio.
The program will pilot the use of a database called the Member Marketing Activity Center (MMAC). This will be a warehouse of marketing materials and will enable agents to identify households in their area that have the risk characteristics that make them prime prospects for this affluent product.
MMAC will be accessible online. In addition to identifying qualified prospects, the goal of MMAC will be to provide your agency with the necessary tools to market to these prospects and entice them to do business with your agency. We feel that through this process, an agency can generate a large number of future referrals, which has proven to be significantly more effective than any other marketing process.
We invite you to attend one of our informational luncheons to be held around the state. Representatives from Big “I” and Fireman’s Fund will be on hand to explain the program and to introduce MMAC, the affluent product and the programs process.
This is a great opportunity for your agency to participate in a pilot program that will expand nationally after its completion. It is a unique opportunity that we are excited to pursue for our members. Your association will work with you in every way possible to make this program a great resource for your agency.
Finally, this meeting will give a “sneak-peak” to a program that will offer real-time access to several personal lines markets. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about the exciting market access programs we are putting together for you.
Please respond to Paul Saye (800.878.6487 ext.104 or psaye@iiag.org) if you are interested in attending one of the following meetings, all of which are scheduled from 12 noon – 2pm.
8/14 – Albany, GA – Merry Acres (1504 Dawson Road; Albany, GA 31721)
8/17 – Savannah, GA – GA Coastal Center (305 Fahm Street; Savannah, GA 31401)
8/21 – Cartersville, GA – Holiday Inn (2336 Hwy 411 NE; White, GA 30184)
8/23 – Doraville, GA – IIAG Classroom (3186 Chestnut Drive Connector; Doraville, GA 30340)
8/28 – Augusta, GA - Holiday Inn (441 Park West Drive; Augusta, GA 30813)
8/30 – Athens, GA – Holiday Inn (197 East Broad Street; Athens, GA 30603)
8/31 – Macon, GA – Ramada Plaza (108 First Street; Macon, GA 31201)
*This material has been filed for 2 hours of CE. Course ID # is pending.
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