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November 18, 2019
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- Do Your Clients Need Cybersecurity Insurance?
- AVYST eForms Wizard Free Trial Extended for PIA Members
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Looking for a New Home for Your Book of Business?
- Insurance Commissioners in Transition
- Deloitte: Industry Faces 2019 Challenges
- New CA Rule Bans Gender Rating of Auto
- P/C Insurers Build for Growth
- Nominate a PIA Agent, Young Agent & CSR of the Year
- NFIP Back On Track After FEMA Relents
- Introducing the PIA Advocacy Blog
- Promote Your Agency With the PIA Branding Program
- Insurer Pays 50K Fine Over Hail Policies
- FAA Allows Expanded Drone Use by State Farm
- Fed to Propose New Insurance Rule
- FEMA Contractors Ordered to Suspend Projects
- Nominations Now Open for the PIA National Awards
- AVYST eForms Wizard Free Trial Extended for PIA Members
- State Auto Now Available Through PIA Market Access
- Google Fined 50M Euros for Lack of Transparency
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- NAIC Names 2019 Committee Leaders
- Is it Time to Review Your Policies?
- PIA: Threat to State Regulation Is Alive and Well
- Latest from the PIA Advocacy Blog
- Podcast: PIA National President Keith Savino
- PIA’s Kimberley Harwood Dies at 49
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- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- NY Issues Rules on Big Data & Underwriting
- More Americans Lack Health Insurance
- Uptake of Private Flood Remains Low
- Straight Talk About Auto Insurance
- Shutdown Ends, Insurance Costs Assessed
- New Rule Could Boost Private Flood
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- Quoting Auto? Get it Right the First Time
- Medicare Hearings to Begin
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Missouri DOI Offers Insurance Scholarships
- NY: Insurers Can Use Social Media for Underwriting
- Aetna Settles HIV Lawsuit with California
- FEMA Taps 28 Reinsurers for NFIP
- Repeal of “Cadillac Tax” Reintroduced
- Six Steps for Wiping Out Negativity and Conflict
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- How Can AVYST eForms Wizard Save Your Agency Time?
- KY Commissioner Joins NIPR Board
- Extreme Weather Cost 247 Lives in 2018
- NFIP: Homeowners “In Denial” About Flood Risk
- February is Insurance Careers Month
- Deadline Approaching! Nominate a PIA Agent, Young Agent & CSR of the Year
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Latest from the PIA Advocacy blog
- Gain the Confidence You Need to Talk About Cyber
- Plan to Limit Attorney Fees In FL Stalls
- Arkansas Reports Captive Growth
- Warnings Proposed for Short Term Health Plans
- States Ban Gender as Auto Factor
- Harris, Klinger Comment on Agency Succession
- Deadline Extended for PIA Award Nominations
- April 1, 2019 NFIP Program Changes
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- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Seitz Promoted to FIO Director
- Distracted Driving Among Top 2019 Safety Issues
- Video: Young People In Insurance
- NEW: Protect Your Clients With PIA’s Cyber Insurance Program
- NYC Admits Defrauding FEMA After Sandy
- AVYST Free Comprehensive Gold-level Trial Ends March 31
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
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- March is Flood Awareness Month
- Private Flood Sales Up 72 Percent in PA
- FBI Alert on Alleged Insurance Fraud Scheme
- New Ohio Cyber Law to Take Effect
- 2019 National Underwriter/PIA Survey Results
- NEW: Protect Your Clients With PIA’s Cyber Insurance Program
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- Woman Wins $10K By Reading Insurance Policy
- Perpetuation Column: Agency Succession Planning
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- 7 Tips to Becoming a Better Leader
- Insurers Look to TRIA Renewal
- 62% of Cyber Attacks Hit Small and Mid-sized Businesses
- PIA Prepares for 2019 Federal Legislative Summit
- PIA Agents Win Early Victory in Draft NFIP Legislation
- PIA National Opposes Proposal to Allow Insurance Sales Across State Lines
- PIA Opposes Proposed Cuts to Crop Insurance
- Help Protect Your Family’s Financial Security with the PIA Trust Basic, Voluntary & Dependent Term Life Insurance Plans
- NFIP Revision to Reason Code 26
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- AVYST Free Comprehensive Gold-level Trial Ends March 31
- SC Consumer Alert Warns Against False Info About Medigap Plan F
- Ensure Your Clients Are Covered With PIA Cyber Insurance
- Latest from the PIA Advocacy blog
- Bipartisan Bill Would Boost Flood Mitigation
- Rates Seen Rising in Flood-Prone Areas
- PIA Prepares for 2019 Federal Legislative Summit
- Premium Renewal Rates Mostly Up in February
- P/C Net Income Jumped 70% in 2018
- Ken Bessette Releases a New Novel
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- Data Protection Raised As Issue in Florida
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Need a C/L and P/L Comparative Rater for Your Agency?
- New Ohio Cyber Insurance Law Effective March 20
- PIA-Backed FIO Repeal Bill Reintroduced
- How to Prepare Ahead of Extreme Weather
- New Flood Agent eNewsletter
- NOAA: Spring Flooding Could Be “Unprecedented”
- Protect Your Clients With PIA’s Cyber Insurance Program
- PIA’s FLS One Week Away!
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- Can a Facebook Post Make Your Insurance Cost More?
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Round Your Book. Improve Retention. Increase Revenue.
- Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) Named PIA National’s 2019 Legislator of the Year
- The PIA Federal Legislative Summit is Underway!
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Regulators: What Private Flood Needs to Succeed
- Looking to Fill the Gaps in Your Carrier Offering?
- Florida CFO Applauds DNA Privacy Measure
- NAIC Supports Long-Term TRIA Renewal
- Building Better Sales Teams
- Hurricane Season Could Bring 13 Storms
- Cyber Bills Move in States
- Savino: PIA Is a Community, Not a Business
- Vast Majority of Midwest Flood Damage Uninsured
- AVYST Joins Vertafore Orange Partner Program
- PIA 2019 FLS Is a Big Success!
- Protect Your Clients With PIA’s Cyber Insurance Program
- Mastering the “Post-Digital” Era in Insurance
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- FL: Hurricane Michael Claims Exceed $6.2 Billion
- Ron Von Haden Honored for 43 Years of Service to PIA
- Brenda Sells Named PIA National CSR of the Year
- Richard Savino Named PIA National Agent of the Year
- Scott Shappee Is PIA National's YIP of the Year
- Perpetuation Column: Perpetuation or Succession?
- Beware Using Alexa for Health Records
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- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Flood is the Nation’s Most Common and Costly Disaster
- Independent Agents are the Preferred Choice for Most Small Businesses
- How to Prevent Distracted Driving
- Notre-Dame Likely Self-Insured
- Fitch Sees Modest Gains for Insurance
- NFIP Expands Flood Reinsurance
- PIA Signs Industry Letter Opposing Discrimination in Auto
- Latest from the PIA Advocacy blog
- Will Tech Spoil the Appeal of Lloyd’s of London?
- Synchronize Agency Teamwork
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- CT to Allow Agent Exams in Spanish
- Tobacco Company Starts Life Insurance Firm
- After Spring — Here Comes Hurricane Season
- PIA Submits Comments on Anti-Rebating
- NAIC Examines InsurTech and Regulation
- FEMA: People Must Protect Themselves From Disasters
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- NAIC Asks: ‘What’s in Your Go Bag?’
- Share Consumer Friendly Issue Papers with Your Clients
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- Looking for a New Home for Your Book of Business?
- RIMS Speakers: Cyber Risk Expanding
- Trump Administration Files Request to Strike Down All of ACA
- PIA Opinion Article: Support State Regulation, Repeal the FIO!
- PIA National Files Comments Opposing Health Insurance Sales Across State Lines
- P/C Insurers Report 66 Percent Increase in Net Income
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- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Ensure Your Clients Have Flood Insurance Before the Next Hurricane
- Record Investments in Q1 InsurTech
- ACA Rates Could Drop in Maryland
- McPeak to Step Down as Tenn. Commissioner
- PIA National Praises Treasury Comments
- Georgia Commissioner Accused of $2M Theft
- U.S. House Passes NFIP Extension to Sept. 30
- Florida Governor Signs AOB Bill
- Net Underwriting Income Up 24% in Q1
- Texas PIA Members Praise Sen. Cruz for His Bill to Repeal the FIO
- Forecasters Predict “Near-Normal” Hurricane Season
- J.D. Power: Insurers’ Mobile Experiences Improve
- PIA Decries Objection to NFIP Extension
- Market Access and Comparative Raters for PIA Members
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Change or be Changed
- PIA Nebraska: States, not feds, best to regulate insurance
- NFIP’s 2019 Hurricane Season Marketing Campaign
- Oklahoma to Request More Disaster Aid
- Ohio Tornadoes Prompt DOI Bulletin
- U.S. Had 500 Tornadoes in 30 Days
- Four-month NFIP Extension Passes
- Andrew Harris Jr. Named PIANJ Agent of Year
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- US Storms in May to Cost Billions
- GAO Issues Report on InsurTech
- Former FEMA Director: Everyone Needs Flood Insurance
- Millennials Most Likely to Buy Flood Insurance
- NFIP Reauthorization Passes House FSC
- Ohio DOI Warns Seniors of DNA Testing Scam
- Florida Company Sued Over Sales of Short-Term Health Plans
- “What the Flood!” New NAIC Quiz
- FEMA Publishes Flood Insurance Records Dating to 1978
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- Latest Data Breach Statistics
- How Can AVYST eForms Wizard Save Your Agency Time?
- Why Safer Cars Don’t Lead to Cheaper Car Insurance – Yet
- 62% of Cyber Attacks Hit Small and Mid-sized Businesses
- Lawrence New TN Insurance Commissioner
- PIA Submits Testimony on Terrorism Insurance
- North Carolina Sets Flood Conferences
- PIA Urges Support for Bipartisan Flood Bills
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- PIA National Announces Call for Fall Award Nominations
- Delaware Data Breach Affects 95,000
- FEMA Provides Data to Grow Your Flood Book
- Who Pays When Electric Scooters Crash?
- California Considers Insuring Itself Against Disasters
- No End in Sight for Record Midwest Flood Crisis
- Bill Would Create Tax Credit for Disaster Mitigation
- U.S. P/C Net Increased 69 Percent in 2018
- New Florida AOB Law Takes Effect
- Discover the Secret to Hiring Right With Omnia
- Got Earthquake Insurance?
- Support for Windows 7 to End
- Looking for a New Home for Your Book of Business?
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
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- Officials Warn of Genetic Testing Scams
- As Floods Keep Coming, Cities Pay Residents to Move
- Epic Downpour Floods D.C. Region
- Perpetuation Column: the Dangers of Perpetual Succession Planning
- Nominations for PIA National Awards Now Being Accepted
- Ohio Employers to Receive $1.5 Billion in Workers Comp Rebates
- Florida Cities Use Insurance to Pay Ransom to Hackers
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- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Speak Confidently With Your Clients About Cyber Insurance
- Need a C/L and P/L Comparative Rater for Your Agency?
- NFIP Kicks Off 2019 Hurricane Season Campaign
- Court Rules Ohio’s Ban on Soliciting Workers Comp Clients is Unconstitutional
- Interest in Earthquake Insurance Is Up
- NOAA: It No Longer Takes a Big Storm to Produce Flooding
- New Orleans Dodges a Bullet with Barry
- U.S. House to Vote On ‘Cadillac Tax’ Repeal, a PIA Priority
- Aflac to Acquire Tampa-based Argus
- PIA National Statement on the National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019 (S. 2187)
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- Build Your Business All Year Long With PIA Promotional Calendars
- 62% of Cyber Attacks Hit Small and Mid-sized Businesses
- Don’t Get Burned In This Summer Heat
- Crop Insurance Caucus Formed in House
- More People Still Moving to Coasts
- Hurricane Barry Rains on Arkansas
- Deadline August 9 for PIA National Award Nominations!
- New NFIP Bill Poses Threat to Agent Commissions
- Say Goodbye to the Old Ways of Marketing
- House Passes Cadillac Tax Repeal 419-6
- Florida Lawmakers Applauded for AOB Bill
- AOB Law Should Lower Premiums in Florida
- Florida Residents Urged to Buy Flood Insurance
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
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- How Can AVYST eForms Wizard Save Your Agency Time?
- Help Policyholders Prepare Ahead of the Storm
- NC Governor Signs Bill to Eliminate Investment Loophole
- PIA Signs Letter Supporting Clarification Law Relating to Marijuana
- PIA Comments on Bolstering Private Flood Market
- New Auto Safety Technology: A Savings, or Not?
- P/L Rates Up in Cat-Prone Areas
- PIA DMV: PIA’s Direct Marketing Vault
- Deadline Approaching, Nominate for a PIA National Award!
- Insurtech on the Silicon Prairie
- Hurricane Prediction Update
- Delaware Gets Insurance Data Security Law
- Stay Top of Mind With Your Clients
- 5 Reasons to Join PIA’s Flood Program with The Hartford
- NAIC Launches Podcast
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- Study: How Much Does Cyber Cover?
- Active Shooter Insurance Coverage Expands
- PIA’s DMV Knows Where Everyone’s At
- Make a PIA National Award Nomination!
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
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- Scooters Face Restrictions After Deaths
- Round Your Book. Improve Retention. Increase Revenue.
- Hurricane Forecasters Issue Differing Predictions
- NAIC Event Focuses on AI in Insurance
- Damage Claims for Hail Are Biggest in Texas
- N.H. Gets Insurance Data Security Law
- Deadline for PIA Award Nominations Extended
- PIA National CEO Declares ‘Today’s Agency Is Not Yesterday’s Agency’
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
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- Motivation: Always Worth the Effort
- Survey Breaks Myths About Millennials and Insurance
- Save Time and Money With the PIA DMV
- AI Insurance Premiums to Exceed $20B by 2024
- Largest-Ever California P/C Fine Upheld
- ACA Markets Stabilize Going Into 2020
- CEOs Say Shareholder Value No Longer Their Main Objective
- Insurance Renewal Rates Increase in July
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- “This Is the Way I Work” – Mike Becker
- Savino: Agents and Brokers Are Insurtechs
- How Can AVYST eForms Wizard Save Your Agency Time?
- Latest from the PIA Advocacy blog
- Floods Can Happen Anywhere...Are Your Clients Prepared?
- Private Flood Could Generate $41.6 Billion in Premiums
- Mortgage Market Reopens to Risky Borrowers
- Delaware Gets Health Reinsurance Waiver
- P/C Price Increases Grow in Q2
- Delaware Enacts Data Security Law
- New Texas Law Requires More Flood Disclosure
- Stay Top of Mind With Your Clients
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Back to School Hartford Flood Newsletter
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- ‘100-Year’ Floods Can Now Occur Every Year
- Tesla Offering Car Insurance, But Few Details
- Aon: Market Is “Rapidly Hardening”
- What Does Insurance Cover After a Disaster?
- Moody’s: Florida’s State Insurers Are Prepared
- “An onslaught few places on Earth have experienced”
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Disaster Funds Not Being Spent
- 3 Ways to Save With The Mines Press
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- NAIC Warns of Phishing Scam Targeting Agents
- Motivation: Always Worth the Effort
- Disasters Drive 2020 Re Rates
- Reach Your Potential Customers on Their Digital Devices
- Drivers Turn Off “Annoying” Safety Systems
- It’s Easier Than Ever to Identify and Engage With Prospects
- Congress Back This Week, Flood Action Needed
- Consumer Alert: Beware Dorian Online Scams
- Speed the Departing Dorian
- Are Cat 5’s the ‘New Normal’?
- Re: Dorian Loss Under $10B
- FEMA Officials Charged with Puerto Rico Hurricane Aid Fraud
- Canada to Flood Victims: Live Someplace Else
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Cannabis Bill Backed by PIA Set for House Vote
- NAIC Warns Against ‘Free Meal’ Seminars
- Last Week to Order Promotional Items For Your Agency
- Protect Your Clients With PIA’s Cyber Insurance Program
- U.S. DOL Issues Final Overtime Rule
- Target Prospects With Digital Ads
- Florida Must Ensure Digital Trust in Cryptocurrency
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Proponents Push for TRIA Renewal
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- Tip-offs Your Interview Is Going Nowhere
- The Myth of the 100 Year Flood
- A TRIA for Cyber Risk?
- InsurTech Deals on the Rise; Companies Meet with PIA
- NFIP Extended Through Nov. 21
- Help Protect Your Most Valuable Asset – Your Income
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- Don’t Wait for a Flood to Check Your Insurance Coverage
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- October Is Cybersecurity Awareness Month
- Flood is the Nation’s Most Common and Costly Disaster
- Ohio Home and Auto Rates Well Below National Average
- State Regulators Warn Against Alt Health Plans
- A World Without TRIA: Incalculable Risk
- Thousands of FL Homeowners Must Find New Insurance by Nov. 1
- Donelon Gets Fourth Term in Louisiana
- Help Protect Your Most Valuable Asset – Your Income
- What’s New With AVYST eForms Wizard?
- Target Prospects With Digital Ads
- Older Generations More Cyber-savvy Than Younger
- Healthcare Insurance Costs Up 740% Since 1984
- Lloyd’s to Launch Online-only Syndicate
- Q3 Commercial Property Rates Rise: IVANS
- e-Cigarette Users May Now Pay More for Insurance
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- 5 Reasons to Join PIA’s Flood Program with The Hartford
- Baltimore Buys $20 Million in Cyber Cover
- Bill Would Require Alcohol Detectors in New Vehicles
- The Death of Cars Greatly Exaggerated
- Wildfires Down, But Risk Continues
- PIA National: Pass 10-Year TRIA Renewal
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- Share Halloween Safety Tips With Your Clients
- Nationwide Expands Use of Agent Co-Op
- Smaller Doesn’t Mean Safer from Cyberrisk
- ACA Rates Drop for Second Year in a Row
- Agents Beat Navigators, CMS Head Says
- Texas Tornadoes Were Costliest in State History
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- Former PIA National President F. Wayne Bowman Dies
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
- 5 Reasons to Join PIA’s Flood Program with The Hartford
- Looking for a New Home for Your Book of Business?
- Low Flood Insurance Penetration
- Handling Consumer Data Is Tricky
- Insurance Jobs Flat in October
- ISO Revises Policy Forms to Address Cannabis
- InsurTech Funding Rises
- House FSC Passes TRIA Renewal 57-0
- PIA’s 2019 Agency Marketing Guide Now Available Online
- PIA Webinar Spotlight
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- Fed Officials See Climate Change As Threat to Economy
- Target Prospects With Digital Ads
- Wildfires Destroyed Almost Nine Million Acres
- Health Problems in Millennials May Make Them Poorer
- Strongest Hurricanes Striking the U.S. More Frequently
- PIA National Calls for Passage of Flood Package
- FEMA Delays Changes to Flood Rates
- Floodbroker.com – December 11, 2 PM ET.
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- N.D. Commissioner World’s Tallest Politician
- Are Too Many Meetings Killing Productivity?
- 2017 First in 60 Years Without Airline Fatalities
- Treasury Opposes IAIS Insurance Capital Standard
- California to Expand Fire Insurance Plan
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- Protect Your Clients With PIA’s Cyber Insurance Program
- Banishing Bias from Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Major Announcement From Hartford Flood
- OK Commissioner on Dangers of Frying Turkey
- Delaware ACA Rates Decrease 19 Percent
- CA to Carriers: Expedite Fire Claims
- U.S. P/C Underwriting Income Rises
- FEDS: Florida Officials Bilked FEMA Out of Hurricane Money
- Promote Your Agency With the PIA Branding Program
- Britain’s Crown Jewels Are Uninsured
- Round Your Book. Improve Retention. Increase Revenue.
- New Washington State Surprise Billing Law
- Reinsurers Warn on Vaping
- A Busy, Destructive Hurricane Season
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- Clock is Ticking On NFIP Renewal
- FEMA to Renew Reinsurance for NFIP
- Private Flood Insurance Is Up
- Carriers Cautious on Cannabis
- Commissioner: Don’t Smoke Near Oxygen Tanks
- NAIC Grants Accreditation to U.S. Virgin Islands
- Discover the Secret to Hiring Right With Omnia
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