The Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia, the Virginia Association of Health Underwriters and the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors will hold their annual Day on the Hill at the Hilton Garden Inn in Richmond, Va., Feb. 8-9.
The Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia (IIAV) Annual Young Agents Conference is scheduled for Oct. 20-21 at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott, based in Norfolk, Va.
An insurance agents’ group in Virginia is asking its members to press the Virginia Senate’s General Laws Committee to vote against an increase in the surety bond rates for state projects that it says “doesn’t make sense.”
The National Flood Insurance Program, which is set to expire Sept. 30, could face new funding threats as Congress looks for budgetary cuts, according to an insurance industry lobbyist.
The annual Day on the Hill, sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia and the Virginia chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, is scheduled for Feb. 2-3 in Richmond, Va.
Christopher W. Archer, president and CEO of the C.W. Archer Insurance Agency, was named the Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia’s Insurance Agent of the Year.
As a direct result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) – also known as ObamaCare – health insurance agent and broker commissions have been slashed by as much as 50%. Agencies have been forced to lay off employees, limit products and services, shift to other lines, and have seen significant drops in compensation.