
PIA-NE/IA Magazine Archives
2017 December
Tax Reform Talk — Senate Republicans, Trump, the People | 7
California’s Wildfires — The Aftermath | 9
Do You Know What’s Really Happening in Your Agency? | 10
Mergers & Acquisitions — On a Smaller Scale | 11
The Soft Market, Storms, Fires & Insurance Pricing | 12
Update: The Obama Administration-Labor Department Overtime Rule | 14
Annual Holiday Party - Benefiting Toys for Tots on December 13, 2017 | 15
J.D. Power — Insurers & Apps & Consumers | 16
Special Report: Flood Insurance Reform — PIA National Unhappy | 17
Cyber Threat Non-Answers and a Possible Answer | 22
A Workplace Problem — Cheating Employees | 25
Professional Insurance Agents - NE - 2018 Scholarship Application | 28
Professional Insurance Agents - IA - 2018 Scholarship Application | 30
Upcoming Events Calendar 2017-18 | 32
NEW Designees | 34
NEW Designees | 37
The New Cyber Nightmare — Holiday Shopping | 40
2017 October
NFIP — Hurricane Harvey will be Expensive | 7
Could Hurricane Harvey End the Soft Market? | 8
AIG Off the Hook — No Longer too Big to Fail | 9
More Struggles for the National Flood Insurance Program | 10
Surprise — Consumers Worry about Insurance Personnel | 12
Annual Holiday Party - Benefiting Toys for Tots on December 13, 2017 | 14
Self-Driving Vehicles — Whoa! Wait a Minute | 15
Federal Insurance Office Reform Introduced | 18
A Positive Report — Millennials & Insurance | 20
Cyber Crime — Scams & Passwords | 23
Is the Social Security Number System Antiquated? | 25
A Happy Staff — More Profit | 30
Upcoming Events Calendar 2017 | 28
2017 August
Special Report: Taxes — Next Up for Republicans | 7
Pushing the Limit: NFIP Renewal | 11
ObamaCare: Insurance Support Now the Worry | 14
A Prediction: The End of Insurance & a Reason That’s Not Right | 19
Regulations, Business and Insurance | 21
Another Reason for an NFIP Fix | 22
Wells Fargo’s Insurance Scandal | 26
GEICO and Bad Faith: Insurance Organizations Concerned | 27
Commercial Lines — Looking Better | 27
Are You Holding Your Customers
Accountable? | 28
PIA NE IA Farm Seminar 2017 | 18
Tuesday, September 26, 2017 | 19
Upcoming Events Calendar 2017 | 32
2017 June
Carrier Ratings: Do You Have the Necessary Process in Place? | 7
PIA National Opposes Write-Your Own Changes | 8
Update: WannaCry Virus and More | 10
The First Quarter of 2017: An Insurance Loss | 12
Special Report: PIA Sharply Critical of the CHOICE Act | 14
Trump Cuts Crop Insurance: PIA Opposed | 17
Scammers Scamming Insurance Call Centers | 20
Huge: California’s Single Payer System Price Tag | 21
Keeping Up with ObamaCare Repeal & Replace | 22
Mergers & Acquisitions: High Prices Going Even Higher | 23
Curbing Insurance Fraud: Car Surveillance | 24
How Much Would You Pay for Lunch with Warren Buffett? | 33
The Professional Insurance Agents of Nebraska Iowa 68th Annual Convention | 28
Upcoming Events Calendar 2017 | 34
2017 April
Health Insurance Across State Lines: PIA Opposed | 7
Update: Hancock & AIG | 8
Trump Budget Trims NOAA at Bad Time | 10
4th Quarter Commercial Pricing: Willis Towers Watson | 11
J.D. Power Insurer Overall & Claims Satisfaction | 13
Stress in America | 15
Technology & Potential Income | 16
NFIP Changes: Coming in April | 17
NAIC Ranks the Top Insurers of 2016 | 19
ObamaCare Repeal DOA: Republicans, Trump Stalled | 21
2017 Annual Convention | 24
Upcoming Events Calendar 2017 | 30
2017 February
Insurance & the SIFI Designation: Changes on Tap? | 7
Top Lobbyists & the 113th Congress: Insurance in Top 10 | 10
Dodd-Frank & FIO & Trump & PIA | 13
The High Cost of Regulation & Not Just Insurance | 15
No Surprise: 2016 Record Data Breach Year | 18
Insurers 2016 Underwriting Loss & Direct Writing Increase | 19
Online Security: It’s Getting Worse | 20
Modernizing Flood Insurance | 22
Special Report: Taxes | 24
Crash Dummies & Real Life | 28
Upcoming Events Calendar 2017 | 30
2017 November
Tax Reform — PIA & an Insurance Perspective | 7
Will ObamaCare Really Collapse? Maybe Not | 8
The Gig Workforce — Growing and an Opportunity | 10
The Future — It’s Here Now | 12
Annual Holiday Party - Benefiting Toys for Tots on December 13, 2017 | 13
Is Lifestyle Simplification an Answer to Disaster | 14
Mergers & Acquisitions — A Record Setting Pace | 16
Business Training Tax Credit | 18
Special Report — Cyber Crime Update | 20
Crystal Ball — 2018 Rates | 24
Professional Insurance Agents Nebraska Iowa - NE - 2018 Scholarship Application | 26
Professional Insurance Agents Nebraska Iowa - IA - 2018 Scholarship Application | 28
Upcoming Events Calendar 2017-18 | 30
Dodd-Frank Act — Leave Insurers Alone | 33
The Eternal Question — Salaries | 34
2017 September
Special Report: The State of Insurance | 7
Eclipse Fever — Some Conclusions | 10
Hurricane Harvey — The Biggest Disaster Since Katrina | 11
Congress in September — All Eyes on Flood Reform | 15
The High Cost of Driving | 17
Driverless Vehicles — Never Thought of This One | 18
The GAO & Feinstein Target Crop Insurance | 19
Insurers & Data — Now What? | 20
Another look at Jobs | 20
Emergency Planning — Maybe it’s Time to have THE Talk | 22
Surprise! ObamaCare’s Death Greatly Exaggerated | 31
Upcoming Events Calendar 2017 | 28
2017 July
Happy Independence Day | 7
The Marijuana Car Crash Conundrum | 8
to Increase in Cyber Insurance | 10
Automation Worries Hit Insurance | 12
Dodd-Frank’s Stress Tests | 14
The History of Insurance in the United States & PIA’s Opposition to Federal Regulation | 15
NFIP Renewal: Getting Dangerously Close to September Deadline | 17
Agents & Carriers — Underwriting | 20
More Now Working BeyondRetirement Age | 21
Autonomous Vehicle Safety Rules: States Worried | 26
Iron Horse: Greater Metro Omaha Committee’s Annual Schol. Golf Outing | 28
Upcoming Events Calendar 2017 | 30
2017 May
A Bumpy Road Ahead for NFIP Renewal & Reform | 7
PIA NE IA Goes to Washington | 10
New Overtime Rules Coming? Maybe | 11
The End of Dodd-Frank as We Know it? | 12
Insurance: Are Attorneys Really the Enemy? | 18
ObamaCare Passed the House: Now What? | 19
Life as an Independent Agent | 20
April’s Commercial Prices Are Up | 21
2017 Annual Convention | 22
Upcoming Events Calendar 2017 | 28
2017 March
Insurance Prices: The Good, the Bad & the Even More Bad | 7
Greenberg Blames NY Attorneys General for AIG Fall | 10
Can You Hear Me Now? Maybe Not | 11
Your Customer: Phone Calls & On Hold | 12
2017’s Biggest Business Fear: Cyber Attacks| 14
Stress in America | 15
Agent Commissions: Change Likely Coming | 18
Retiring Poor: A Huge Worry | 19
Too Big to Fail Designation | 19
Regulatory Reform: Another Trump Executive Order | 20
The American Health Care Act: Republicans Roll It Out | 22
Upcoming Events Calendar 2017 | 26
2017 January
PIA National Reacts: No More Federal Insurance Anything | 7
Compensation & Technology: Independent Agents in 2017 | 8
Annual Insurance Regulation Report Card | 10
The High Cost of Negative Workplace Behavior | 12
Anthem-Cigna Deal: In the Judge’s Hands | 14
The Enormous Cost of False Insurance Claims | 14
Cyber Attackers will be More Cunning in 2017 | 16
What’s Keeping You Up at Night? | 18
More P&C Predictions 2017 | 20
ObamaCare: Ongoing Drama Leads to Uncertainty | 22
Flood: Getting Closer to an NFIP Renewal | 24
Upcoming Events Calendar 2017 | 26
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