PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE AGENTS OF NEBRASKA & IOWA

NAIC & PIA Agree: Do Away with the Federal Insurance Office | 7

New Mexico Governor Wants State Run Homeowners Insurance | 8

Oregon’s SAIF CEO has Home Riddled with Bullets | 9

Fatal Accidents | 10

Culture, Flexibility, and Growth Major Factors In Motivating Gen Z Agents | 11

Employees & Chronic Conditions: A Hidden Workplace Problem | 12

Wildfire: $2 Trillion US Homes At Risk | 14

Flood Insurance: A Growing, but Unnoticed, Need | 16

Not so Safeco: Liberty Mutual to Drop the Brand | 17

Upcoming Events Calendar 2024 | 18

Wonder What Consumers Wonder about Insurance? A Google Survey 

Reveals All | 24

Special Report: Ransomware & Scams in 2024 | 25

Carriers, Consumers & the Digital Insurance Experience | 7

A Different Kind of Holiday Hangover — Financial | 8

Insurance & the Super Bowl — We’ll Miss Them | 9

The U.S. Senate & Insurance Non-Renewal Rates | 10

State Farm, the FAIR Plan & California’s Wildfires | 14

Wildfires, Floods & the NFIP — Are Reforms in the Wind? | 14

Montana Congressman Troy Downing — Abolish the Federal Insurance Office | 15

Insurance and AI — Client Trust is Mixed | 16

Depressed Employees & a Lot of Missed Workdays | 17

Upcoming Events Calendar 2024 | 18

Mergers & Acquisitions — 2024’s Final Count | 26

Special Report: Legal System Abuse | 7

Mergers & Acquisitions Up Through Quarter 3 of 2024 | 8

Nationwide: A Helpful Warning to Your Small Business Clients | 9

Insurance Spending: Hitting $3.8 Trillion in 2024 | 10

Top Brands: Allianz the Top Insurance Brand | 11

Are Your Homeowners Insureds Properly Insured? | 14

Over 250,000 Properties have Repeat NFIP Claims | 14

Excess & Specialty Insurers | 15

Progressive to Drop Non-Primary Dwelling Homeowners | 16

Safeco Purchases Main Street America’s Personal Lines | 17

Upcoming Events Calendar 2024 | 18

Toys for Tots: Toy Drive | 19

PIA's Holiday Party | 20

The Changing Face of American Business | 22

Looking for Top Talent? Why Soon-to-Be Retirees May Be Your Best Hires | 24

NAIC Survey Gen Z Survey Shows Limited Understanding of Insurance | 7

PIA National has a New CEO | 9

Marsh: Business Loss Concerns in 2024 | 11

Earned Designations | 13

The Court Battle to Block FTC Non-Compete Reforms | 14

Homeowners & Insurance: A Disturbing Survey | 14

Ariel Rivera: Incoming President of the National Association of PIA | 18

Insurance Income Worldwide Expected to Hit $10 Trillion by 2028 | 19

Upcoming Events Calendar 2024 | 20

PIA'ss Holiday Party | 23

Small Business & Insurers: Trust a Huge Issue | 24

Commercial Rate Increases Slowing Down | 25

Legal Reforms, Trial Attorneys & Third Party Litigation | 7

More Oregon Wildfire Losses for Berkshire Hathaway | 8

The Cost of Owning a Home: Up 26% Since 2020 | 9

Fall Travel Tip: A Map for Everything & We Mean Everything! | 10

P&C Underwriting Losses in 2023: $21.1 billion | 11

2023’s Auto Insurance Market: The Top-10 Insurers | 12

Change Healthcare: More Information on the February Cyberattack | 14

Space Junk, Damages and Insurance | 15

State Farm: The Good Neighbor’s not so Neighborly California Rate Hike Request | 26

Lockton: Commercial Rates Stabilizing | 27

Vacations & National Parks | 28

KUHL recently did a report on the safest and least safe of the nation’s national parks.

Question! Are Your Commercial Clients Properly Insured | 30

PIA National: FIO Reform Bill Passes House Financial Services Committee | 7

Special Report: Distracted Driving: Be Careful Out There | 9

Mergers & Acquisitions: Down in 1st Quarter of 2024 | 11

Commercial Insurance Rates Quarter 1 | 12

The Nation’s Largest Workers’ Compensation Carriers | 14

Dogs in Autos: Some Tail Wagging Facts | 15

Upcoming Events Calendar 2024 | 18

Update: UnitedHealth Hack | 26

House Committee Passes Farm Bill with Crop Agent Inflation Adjustment | 27

EV Owners & Auto Insurance — Unhappy | 28

Commercial Auto Woes and a Report from the NAIC | 29

An Important APCIA Report | 7

Executives & Insurance:

Not Enough Coverage | 8

The Most Dangerous Month of the Year | 9

PIA National to Congress: Protect Crop Insurance & Avoid Cuts | 12

S&P Global Market Intelligence: Worries about Homeowners Rates | 14

California: LA Wildfire Damages, State Farm & Rate Hikes | 15

A Bipartisan Effort to Control Wildfires | 17

Upcoming Events Calendar 2024 | 18

Forget Universal Health Care: Texas Looking State Run Auto Insurance | 22

Part of Homeowners Insurance Cost Rise Explained: Dramatic Increases in Reconstruction Costs | 23

Drowsy Driving: Dangerous & Brings Huge Insurance 

Problems | 8

ASCI Rates the Nation’s Top P&C Insurers | 9

Online Concerns: We Worry about Social Media & the 

Dark Web | 10

Cyber Crime: Where We’re Being Attacked | 12

Porch Pirates: Never Ending Battle | 14

CIAB: Third Quarter Commercial Rates Up Slightly | 14

A.M Best: A Very Report for the First 3/4 of 2024 | 16

S&P: The World’s Largest Insurers | 17

Upcoming Events Calendar 2024 | 18

NFIP Reforms: A Tax Credit for Premium Relief | 26

Finally: An Underwriting Profit | 7

Vehicles in 2023: The Most Stolen & Totaled | 8

Cyber Attacks: C-Suite Execs a Prime Target | 9

Gen Z Employees: Struggles in the Workplace Leading to Pink Slips | 10

Small Business & Rising Employee Lawsuits | 12

The Biggest Business Worries in 2024 | 14

Nationwide Survey: AI Scams Hitting Small Business | 15

Employee Shortages? Higher an Older Worker | 17

Teen Drivers: The Nation’s Most Affordable Teen Insurers | 18

Upcoming Events Calendar 2024 | 19

Toys for Tots: Toy Drive | 21

PIA's Holiday Party | 22

Triple-I: D&O Coverage Critical for Some Businesses | 24

Changes at the NFIP: Monthly Payments | 26

MarketScout: A Look at 2nd Quarter Insurance Prices | 7

Insurance Application Dishonesty: Many Consumers Consider it Okay | 8

Work Comp Rates | 10

Wages, Politics & the Upcoming Election: Part 1 | 11

Wages, Politics & the Upcoming Election: Part 2 | 12

Rural & Town Agents Seminar | 17

Small & Mid-Sized Businesses: Optimistic about the Future | 20

Upcoming Events Calendar 2024 | 22

2024 Scholarship Golf Outing | 26

Who is Behind a New Insurance Watchdog | 7

Insurance & Traveling in Summer of 2024 | 8

Moody’s Homeowners Insurance Report: Rates Up, Profits Down | 9

Nuclear Verdicts: A Growing Concern | 10

Willis Towers Watson: Commercial Rates Stabilizing | 11

NAIC Ranks the Top Homeowners Insurers for 2023 | 12

Pet Insurance: A Prediction on Rates & Claims Data | 14

Upcoming Events Calendar 2024 | 18

Combined Ratio Over 110 | 23

What is Old: Gen Z vs. Baby Boomers | 24

Insurance Applications: Over 20% Lie on Them | 25

The Best Selling Electric Vehicles & Their Battery Replacement Costs | 26

P&C Underwriting: Losses Dropped in 2023 | 7

JD Power’s Homeowners Insurance Satisfaction Survey: The Worst Satisfaction Level in 7 Years | 8

Travel Insurance: Record Payouts in 2023 | 10

Bridges: An Infrastructure Crisis | 12

Management & Replacing Employees with AI | 14

Insurance Rates: Rising but Worries Exist | 15

Upcoming Events Calendar 2024 | 16

Small Business Worry: Cyberattacks | 24

NAIC: 2023’s 10 Top Carriers All Lines | 25

How’s Your Mental Health? The Worst & Best States | 26