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By: Volume 103, No. 6

Are you spending more on expenses than your competitors?

In 2005, the Big “I” was instrumental in the renewal of a modified federal backstop for terrorism insurance originally created by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) of 2002. This event was a huge victory not just for Big “I” members, but also for the

The first Big “I” combined National Legislative Conference & Convention is now history (see “A Monumental Event” page 58). I thought I would throw out some personal observations that might encourage you to attend the event next year. First, allow me to s

I have represented independent agents and brokers in the halls of Congress for the past 20 years and have seen first hand our members’ grassroots power on legislative issues.

Whenever one of my rich friends invited me over for a weekend at their house lounging around the pool in a silk robe sipping mimosas, I said “yes” faster than Donald Trump’s right-hand man. This weekend I was staying on Ronnie and Jill’s palatial 230-a