
PIA-NE/IA Magazine Archives
2022 June
Small Business in 2022 — It’s a Struggle | 7
Failure — Small Business & Cybersecurity | 8
Nationwide Wants Hands-Free Phone Laws Nationwide | 9
Statistics — NAIC & Insurance Confusion | 11
Flood Insurance — Rates to Rise for 81% | 13
Mergers and Acquisitions — Down So Far this Year | 15
Just for Fun — Another Angle to Texting, Driving and SmartPhones | 19
Homeownership & Inflation & Building Costs | 21
Wildfire: Two Frightening Reports | 22
Upcoming Events Calendar 2022 | 26
2022 April
Major Insurers Exit Russia in Mass | 7
Pets & People — Goodbye is a Pet Stressor | 11
Long Hours Increasing | 12
The Top 25 P&C Insurers of 2021 — NAIC Report | 16
Women & Insurance Agency Ownership — Just 31% are Owners | 20
Insurance Rates — Things are Shifting | 21
PIA National and its New Cyber Assessment Program | 22
Good & Not So Surprising News — Consumers Prefer Buying Home & Auto Locally | 23
Working Remotely — Is it Losing its Luster? | 26
Upcoming Events Calendar 2022 | 28
2022 February
The Great Resignation — 4.5 Million Quit or Changed Jobs in November | 7
MarshBerry — 2021 M&A Activity Sets Record | 8
The IRS, COVID & Last Year’s Taxes — Expect Refund Delays | 11
Insurance Not Keeping Up with the Digital Experience | 13
Wrapping Up 2021 — 4th Quarter P&C Rates | 14
Cyber Insurance Premiums — The Industries with the Highest Premiums | 15
COVID — The 3rd Largest Insurance Catastrophe Loss | 16
More on the Great Resignation — Employers & Mental Health | 22
Crisis in Manufacturing — Blue Collar Workers Shifting Careers | 27
Upcoming Events Calendar 2019-20 | 30
2020 February
Insurance Jobs Added in 2019: 35,000 | 7
Automobiles 2020: Some Going Away, Others Very, Very Good | 8
The Nation’s Highest Paying Jobs | 10
The Flu: The Season is in Full Swing | 14
Flooding & Rivers in the Atmosphere | 15
PIA National’s PIA Partnership Perpetuation Planning | 20
U.S. Weather Disasters in 2019: 14 with $1 Billion or More | 32
Congratulations to New Designation Holders! | 23
Upcoming Events Calendar 2020 | 26
1st Quarter Education 2020 | 30
2019 December
Special Report: Liberty Mutual, Safeco & the Millennial Myth | 7
Vacations: Millions of Wasted Days | 11
TRIA Extension: Supporters Aiming for 10-Years | 12
Special Report: Mass Shootings & Insurance | 14
China Tabbed as Nation’s Top Cybersecurity Risk | 16
Age Bias: An Over 40 Problem | 17
Surplus Lines: Huge Growth in First Half 2019 | 21
The 20-year Battle with Mercury Insurance Concludes | 23
Tip-Offs Your Interview Is Going Nowhere | 26
Congratulations to New Designation Holders! | 29
Upcoming Events Calendar 2019 | 30
2019 October
Special Report: Liberty Mutual, Safeco & the Millennial Myth | 7
Vacations: Millions of Wasted Days | 11
TRIA Extension: Supporters Aiming for 10-Years | 12
Special Report: Mass Shootings & Insurance | 14
China Tabbed as Nation’s Top Cybersecurity Risk | 16
Age Bias: An Over 40 Problem | 17
Surplus Lines: Huge Growth in First Half 2019 | 21
The 20-year Battle with Mercury Insurance Concludes | 23
Tip-Offs Your Interview Is Going Nowhere | 26
Congratulations to New Designation Holders! | 29
Upcoming Events Calendar 2019 | 30
2022 May
Cyber Attacks & What Business Faces Going Forward | 7
A Hard Look at Customer Service | 8
Likely to Hit or Kill a Pedestrian | 9
Commercial Prices & 2022’s 1st Quarter — Up | 11
Commercial Property Insureds — Underinsured | 12
Wildfire — Statistics | 13
Insurance Execs — Expect a Recession Soon | 14
Drinking: Drink and Live Longer | 19
Flood Rating 2.0 — In Effect Now | 20
Life Expectancy in the U.S. Continues to Decline | 21
The Economy — 2/3 of Us View it as Bad | 25
New Designees! | 23
Upcoming Events Calendar 2022 | 25
2022 March
What We Already Know — Consumers Prefer Insurance Agents Over Technology | 7
Rising Gas Prices — Inflation Hitting the Gas Pumps | 8
Consumer Worries — Rising Auto Costs that Include Insurance | 11
Insurance Profits — Is the Business Really All that Profitable? | 13
A New Sport — In TV Circles Insurance Tops Beer | 16
PIA National Launches a Cyber Defense Program | 17
Russia’s Invasion — Cyber Concerns & Insurance Woes | 20
Natural Disasters Hit 10% of Us in 2021 | 21
Your Clients & Maybe You — Small Business Big Target of Fund Transfer Fraud | 22
Upcoming Events Calendar | 24
2022 January
Near Record Life Insurance Payouts | 7
Insurers & 2022 — Lots of Uncertainty | 8
GAO Report — The Federal Government Must Pick Up Cybersecurity | 11
A.M. Best Upgrades Outlook for Commercial Lines | 12
NFIP Reauthorized Until Next Year — Risk Rating 2.0 Faces Bleak Future | 13
Employers & Managing COVID-19 | 13
The Price of Auto Insurance Skyrocketing | 16
Commercial Insurance Sales | 17
The Nation’s Largest Insurance Budgets | 22
2022 and Employees — They Want Financial Benefit Help | 24
Congratulations to New Designation Holders! | 26
Upcoming Events Calendar 2019-20 | 33
2020 January
Automatic Work Comp to Alien Workers | 7
Pets: An Employee Retention & Recruitment Tool | 8
Special Report: Insurance Shopping Auto Style | 10
Multitasking: Tough on Everyone but Millennials | 15
MetLife Enters the Pet Insurance Market | 17
Hospital Spending in the U.S. Look at $1 Trillion | 19
Done Deals: 3rd Quarter Mergers & Acquisitions| 20
Benefits: Married? Single? There’s a Difference | 22
Congratulations to New Designation Holders! | 25
Upcoming Events Calendar 2020 | 26
1st Quarter Education 2020 | 30
2019 November
Special Report: Liberty Mutual, Safeco & the Millennial Myth | 7
Vacations: Millions of Wasted Days | 11
TRIA Extension: Supporters Aiming for 10-Years | 12
Special Report: Mass Shootings & Insurance | 14
China Tabbed as Nation’s Top Cybersecurity Risk | 16
Age Bias: An Over 40 Problem | 17
Surplus Lines: Huge Growth in First Half 2019 | 21
The 20-year Battle with Mercury Insurance Concludes | 23
Tip-Offs Your Interview Is Going Nowhere | 26
Congratulations to New Designation Holders! | 29
Upcoming Events Calendar 2019 | 30
2019 September
The Nation’s Top Insurers: Net Written Premium | 7
Update: HealthCare: Medicare for All | 9
Schwab Will Buy USAA: $1.8 Billion Price Tag | 10
Special Report: Cyber Breaches & a Different Kind of Burnout | 11
ObamaCare News: Cadillac Tax Repealed | 14
We’re Keeping Our Cars Longer | 16
The Best Cities in the Country to be an Insurance Agent | 17
MarketScout: Cat Rates Rising | 20
Hit a Milestone: $5 Trillion | 22
Congress & the Minimum Wage | 23
Motivation: Always Worth the Effort | 24
Farm Seminar—October 1, 2019 - Grand Island, Nebraska | 26
FREE CE*—FMO Webinars | 27
Upcoming Events Calendar 2019 | 28
Insurance CEOs & Their Income | 31
Congratulations to New Designation Holders! | 34
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