Prepare Your Agency for Disaster Before It's Too Late
Indiana's summer storm outlook is shaping up to be an active one, which means your agency needs to have a disaster plan in place before it's too late.
Find out what 44 percent of small businesses lack, what it could mean to your agency's bottom line and what you can do about it.
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Request PIA's newly-updated Agency Preparedness and Recovery Plan, available exclusively to PIA members.
Impact the Way Your Carriers Do Business with You Today!
PIA's Insurance Company Satisfaction Survey
arrives in agency mailboxes across Indiana this week.
As always, PIA's survey is conducted by an independent research firm, so it's completely confidential.
Completing the survey is fast and easy…it takes only three minutes to rate one carrier and can be completed online. But don't delay - this opportunity ends July 8, 2010.
Agent Alert: Insure Contractors? Make Sure They're Aware of New Law
The EPA's new regulation to reduce lead paint dust took effect April 22. The regulation requires contractors working on homes, child-care facilities and schools built before 1978 to be trained and EPA certified in handling lead paint. Contractors can be fined up to $37,000 a day if they fail to comply.
Find out how you can help your clients.
Congress Approves NFIP Reauthorization until May 31
Congress approved legislation which reinstates the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through May 31. The reinstatement is retroactive to March 28, when the previous temporary extension was allowed to expire.
Read more about the extension.
Latest Edition of PIA's Legislative NewsFlash Now Available
The 2010 Indiana General Assembly session, which convened Jan. 5 and adjourned March 12, resulted in no insurance issues being passed. There was some controversy involving Senate Bill 23, which proposed delaying the implementation of...
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Dental Insurance Now Available for PIA Members
In addition to the other high-quality
insurance plans offered to PIA members and their employees, PIA now offers dental insurance. Highlights include your choice of a High or Low plan; $2,000 annual maximum per person...
find more details and sign up.
PIA Thanks Volunteers for Exemplary Service and Involvement in 2009
Volunteers are the lifeblood of our organization, and we'd like to start out the year by recognizing those who served in 2009.
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2009 Insurance Company Satisfaction Survey Results are Here!
The results of PIA's Insurance Company Satisfaction Survey have been posted.
View the overall results and each company's individual results.
Bulletin Seeks 60-Day Grace Period on Flood Insurance Payments: Gives Same for Agent License Renewals
IDOI issued a bulletin June 17 to ask all insurance companies doing business in Indiana to implement a 60-day moratorium on insurance policy cancellations for late payments by policyholders living in flood-impacted counties. The bulletin was signed this week, but is retroactive to cover storms from May 30.
The bulletin also states that IDOI is implementing a 60-day grace period for producer license registration and renewal requirements, as CE requirements, for agents who live in the flood-impacted counties.
NOTE: These are grace periods only – not waivers from any fees or penalties.
Click here to read the bulletin.