J. David Daniel, president of a Baton Rouge, La., insurance agency, has become as chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America.

J. David Daniel

Daniel, president of Daniel & Eustis Insurance, was inaugurated for the 2009-2010 term at the recent Big I Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La. The Big I is the nation’s oldest and largest national association of independent insurance agents and brokers, representing a network of more than 300,000 agents, brokers and their employees nationally.

“David’s commitment to our industry has earned him the respect of agents across the country,” says Robert Rusbuldt, Big I president and CEO.

Prior to his election to the executive committee by IIABA’s national board of directors in 2004, Daniel served on the board of directors of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) for eight years and became president in 1997. During his tenure on the IIABL board, he was chairman of the Commercial Lines Committee and a member of both the Legislative Affairs and Education committees.

Daniel served on the national board as the director from Louisiana since 1998 and has acted as the state association’s representative to the Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission.

For his commitment to the state association, Daniel received IIABL’s Lifetime Achievement Award as well as the Outstanding Committee Chairman Award.

Nationally, he has served IIABA’s Technical Affairs Committee and was chairman of the Big I Governance and Communications Task Force.