IIAV NEWSLETTER

Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia


July 2013
The Hartford Insurance Group
WELCOME

- Ink Underwriting, Kennesaw, GA
- Insure Sign.com, Beaufort, SC

 
FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT AND CEO
What an incredible convention last month in Virginia Beach. The most frequent comment I heard about our speakers was "We’ve GOT to get them to come back!"

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Johnson & Johnson
STATE & NATIONAL NEWS
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office (FIO) today released its first Annual Report on the Insurance Industry to the President and Congress.

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Virginia has a law that specifically imposes workers’ compensation coverage requirements on contractors and other businesses that subcontract out their work.

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Resources for small business owners and importrant information, with links, from the IRS on Business Income and Recordkeeping.

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The Big "I" National Young Agents Committee will present $500 scholarships to select first-time attendees of the Big "I" Young Agents Leadership Institute to help defray the costs of attending the 2013 event, which will take place Sept. 27-28 at the Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, Texas.

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With the start of this year’s hurricane season, the Internal Revenue Service encourages individuals and businesses to safeguard themselves against natural disasters by taking a few simple steps.

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IIAV NEWS
Chesapeake, Va. and the Tidewater area have always been home to Teresa Parsons. She apparently likes it a lot. And family is close.

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See what is happening with IIAV, VAIA and the Young Agents on Facebook.

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National African-American Insurance Association seeks to establish a chapter in Richmond, Virginia

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UPCOMING EVENTS
IIAV Colonial Downs Outing on July 11

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Join Stakeholder Liaison Field of the Small Business & Self Employed Division, as we cover some of the topics small business owners strugle with, including recording keeping and gross Receipts.

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EDUCATION
Sign up for classes and events online at www.iiav.com. To register at member prices, you MUST enter your member ID and password. If you do not have this information, please call IIAV at 1-800-288-4428.

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Quality education starts with quality instructors. Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia is looking for individuals who can share their areas of expertise in the classroom and create an atmosphere of learning.

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This program examines a dozen personal lines coverage topics ranging from little known or unknown, though potentially catastrophic, policy coverage gaps to important and/or emerging issues that every personal lines practitioner should be aware of.

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IIAV and VAIA offer a variety of topics, even designation courses, which can be brought to your office. Make scheduling of training easier on your agency by having courses in-house.

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IIAV offers a variety of different designation programs that can help you with your portfolio of knowledge.

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IIABA leadership has made the decision that the online learning platform (LearnCenters) of the Virtual University will be discontinued in the coming months. Here is an overview of what will take place.

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VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AGENTS
Thank you to everyone who took part in the VAIA 50/50 raffle at the IIAV Convention on June 16-18.

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VAIA and IIAV offer both Property & Casualty and Life, Health & Annuities pre-licensing classes in Manassas, Richmond and Virginia Beach.

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The Insurance Career Center is a great place to post positions you have within your agency or company. Anything from part-time to full-time to internships can be found on this career board.

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IIAV MEMBER RESOURCES
Affinity HR Group answers questions about benefits, hiring and other employee issues.

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The banner at our booth at the 2013 IIAV Convention and Exhibition read, "Do you love HR? We didn’t think so." Human resources is a topic that very few people get excited about – I have yet to meet someone who went into business for the purpose of hiring and managing employees.

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E&O SPOTLIGHT
PRESS RELEASES
The Virginia Chapter of the International Association of Special Investigation Units (VA IASIU) has recognized Suzy Clingman-Taylor of Nationwide Insurance, as Investigator of the Year for her outstanding work on a staged accident investigation in Roanoke, Va. as well as her dedication and commitment to fighting insurance fraud in Virginia.

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The Virginia Chapter of the International Association of Special Investigation Units (VA IASIU) has awarded its prestigious Robert J. Covington Distinguished Service Award to Philip Wong Won, senior investigator for Erie Insurance and a member of the VA IASIU Board of Directors.

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