Announcements & Events

Sen. Steve Daines (R-Montana) was presented with the 2024 Gerald Solomon Big “I” Legislator of the Year Award.

This week, at the 2025 Big “I” Legislative Conference, the Big “I” presented the annual InsurPac National Championship Award, Eagle awards and the 2024 Bernard J. Burns Award.

Get up to speed on the key issues that will be the focus of the 2025 Big “I” Legislative Conference and check out the lineup of congressional speakers.

U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) will be the keynote speaker at the Legislative Conference, which will take place April 30-May 2 in Washington, D.C.

Independent insurance agents wanted to know the latest trends impacting the beleaguered personal auto market and how to talk to their clients about them.

In February, educating clients on the complications impacting the homeowners market—from the hard market to catastrophes—was top of mind for independent insurance agents, as well as soaring reconstruction costs from the past decade. Independent Agent also covered how agency-carrier agreements are evolving with data security concerns. And, with the number of agency mergers & acquisition deals still…

Liberty Mutual Insurance, the sixth-largest personal insurance provider in the U.S., will market and sell all of its personal lines products solely under the Liberty Mutual brand starting in 2026.

By Lisa Johnson-Briggs ​Registration for the 2025 Big “I” Legislative Conference is now open! The premier event for independent agents will take place April 30-May 2 at The Westin Washington, D.C. Downtown Hotel.  Register and attend for your opportunity to join other agents and speak to legislators in a unified voice.  Register before March 31 to take advantage of…

While many of the same problems from 2024 followed the industry into 2025, January articles analyzed what new and continuing trends mean for consumer behavior, market capacity and loss prevention.

The agency mergers & acquisitions scene ended 2024 with a big splash, as Gallagher broke records with its $13.45 billion acquisition of AssuredPartners.