
PIA-NE/IA Magazine Archives
2016 March
Agent Earning: Up but Not a Lot | 7
House Committee Passes Private Flood Bill | 8
Specialty Lines: Insurance’s New Next Best Thing | 9
Anthem & Cigna: Hospitals Trying to Torpedo Deal | 11
Google & Insurance: The Worry Still There | 12
The Self-Driving Vehicle Target: Google & An Aging Population | 13
Ridershare Drivers: Not Many Have Insurance | 14
Client Potential: 7 in 10 Not Insured for Disaster | 16
Your Life: Computers, Eye Strain & Help | 17
ObamaCare Turns Six: But is it a Happy Birthday? | 18
Five Insurers in Fortune’s Best 100 Companies to Work For | 22
Email Etiquette: Is Your Signature Annoying? | 23
2016 Annual Convention - Reach for the Stars! | 25
Upcoming Events Calendar 2016 | 30
2016 January
The Annual I.I.I. P&C Exec Poll | 7
The Workplace 2016 | 8
Ouch: Economic struggles — Insurers Feeling the Pinch | 9
ObamaCare — Wrapping Up 2015 | 10
ObamaCare Insureds & Insurers — No One is Happy | 12
Road Rage — A Growing Social Problem | 14
Now What? Police Stop Taking Accident Reports | 17
Conference Call Behavior — Women Trump Men | 19
Upcoming Events Calendar for 2016 | 25
2015 November
PIA Call to Action: Crop Insurance Cuts Avoided | 6
Independent Agency Organic Growth | 7
Social Media & Producers: The Tool Bring the Most Profits | 8
Special Report: Medical Loss Ratios, Insurance Rates & Heavy Duty Criticism | 10
Your Employees: A Perk Worth a Job Change | 13
Prompt Policy Checking and Delivery are Musts | 14
AIG — The Pressure Continues | 16
A Look at the Worker’s Comp Market | 16
Cyber Insurance | 18
Senate Republicans Push ObamaCare Repeal &
Democrat Cadillac Opposition Grows | 20
ObamaCare: The Honeymoon is Over | 20
PIA NE IA and The National Alliance held NE’s 36th Annual Conferment Ceremony | 22
PIA’s Annual Holiday Party | 26
Upcoming Events Calendar 2015 - 2016 | 27
2015 September
Usage Based Insurance: Allstate’s Controversy | 7
Cyber Extortion: A Growing Danger | 8
Insurance: Business & Preparedness | 9
A Post Labor Day Statistic: Insurance Employment | 12
Surprise: Millennials Like Insurance as a Career | 13
Surplus Lines: Broke Records 2014 | 14
Nationwide Raises the Bar: $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage | 15
the Negative Side of Mergers | 18
ObamaCare’s HealthCare.Gov Contracts Botched | 18
Obama to Chinese Leader: Stop Hacking | 19
PIA & Coalition Ask for Fiduciary Rule Change | 20
New PIA National Officers for 2015-2016 Installed | 21
Upcoming Events Calendar 2015 | 23
2015 July
Major Moves: One Acquisition and One Merger | 7
High Merger Activity & Smaller Insurers | 7
Are Auto Insurers Spending too Much Money on Advertising? | 9
Workers Compensation: More of an E&O risk than you might think | 12
Dress Codes: A New Era | 8
How Can this Be? Self Driver Cars in Near Accident | 14
IMF Wants a Federal U.S. Insurance Regulator | 15
Work Comp: Small Employers & Video Cameras | 15
Too Much Social Change: Distressing? | 16
Anthem Buys Cigna: Now What? | 19
ObamaCare Fines Increase | 22
An Insurance Worry: Cyber Hacker Tactics Trying to Keep Up | 23
Rural & Town Agents Seminar | 25
Upcoming Events Calendar | 27
2015 May
The Cadillac Tax: Repeal Certain | 7
Group Lobbying for Work Comp Opt Out | 9
Dodd-Frank Reform Out of Senate Banking Committee | 10
Profits in 2014 & Rates April 2015 | 12
Warren Buffett: Berkshire Hathaway is NOT too Big to Fail | 13
Cyber Rates: Large & Small & More | 14
Is ObamaCare Helping? Health Care Costs for a Typical Family | 15
Insurers to Congress: State Regulation is Best | 16
Google: First Driverless Autos, Now Pilotless Airlines | 17
Annual Convention: Connect, Grow, Learn: Golf and Education Day - June 2-3 | 19
CPIA Classes | 22
Upcoming Events Calendar 2015 | 24
2016 February
The MLR: An Insurance Perspective | 7
AIG: Big Changes in the Works | 8
Insurance Jobs: 25% Gone by 2026 | 10
Gig Jobs: A New Economic Reality | 10
ObamaCare: Some Interesting Numbers & Ted Cruz | 12
Insurers Not Sure about ObamaCare | 13
Obama Proposed 2017 Budget Insurance Targets | 14
MetLife’s SIFI Battle: The Court Case Begins | 16
Insurance Rock Star Robert Hartwig is moving on ... | 17
Private Conversation in Public | 18
The Middle Class, Young Women & Men Living at Home — New Scary Stats | 20
2016 Annual Convention - Reach for the Stars! | 23
Upcoming Events Calendar 2016 | 29
2015 December
Commercial Insurance: 2014’s Largest Markets | 7
Willis & Towers Watson: Will the Merger Happen? | 8
Rating Insurance Regulation | 8
Expect it to go Nowhere | 10
ObamaCare & Small Business: Big Concerns Continue| 11
Last Week in ObamaCare: Cadillac Tax & By the Numbers | 11
Changes at Zurich | 12
Berkshire Hathaway: Selling Business Insurance Online | 14
Flood Insurance Importance Grows As Wet Weather Pummels the West | 15
AIG: Pressure Continues as Hancock Shakes up Management | 16
A New Sign of the Season: Fewer Company Holiday Parties | 18
PIA’s Annual Holiday Party | 21
Upcoming Events Calendar 2015 - 2016 | 25
2015 October
Insurance Myths, Millennials & More: They have the Least Understanding | 7
Millennial Marketing: Tricky but Worth the Effort | 8
Animal Collisions: It’s that Time of Year | 10
Staying Focused: Battling the Afternoon Drag | 12
Two Reports: September Rates & 2015 Profits | 13
Cyber Risk Now Officially Consumer Concern | 14
It’s Already October? Time to Revisit Health Insurance | 18
Uninsured and Underinsured in America | 18
Update: Cover Oregon & Oracle Lawsuit | 19
Age & Insurance | 20
Professional Insurance Agents NE IA and The National Alliance held Iowa’s | 22
Upcoming Events Calendar 2015 - 2016 | 29
2015 August
Opinion: PIA National Publishes Important Small Business Research | 7
AGENTS WIN: Groundbreaking Research by The PIA Partnership | 10
Commissions Fall with Commercial Pricing | 12
Industry Employment: Up & Recovering from Recession | 14
Organic Growth: Agents & Brokers see 5.9% | 14
You Need to Know: Cell Phone Contracts Changing | 15
Millennials — Unhappy at Work & Why | 16
Congress to Take on C Corp. Tax Reform | 17
Towers Watson Shareholders Sue | 17
Cyber Security & Agents: What You Need to Know | 18
Agents & Brokers Critical to ObamaCare Success | 21
NARAB: FIO & Obama Administration Standing Still | 23
Upcoming Events Calendar 2015 | 25
2015 June
Congratulations Bernie | 7
NFIP Head: Flood & Insurer Disconnect | 9
Millennials: Moving Out of Parents’ Homes | 10
AIG & Greenberg’s Federal Suit – Wins it All, Gains Nothing | 11
Rates: Sitting in a Holding Pattern | 14
Technology Use Critical for the Independent Agent & Agency | 15
Working from Home: 12 Struggles | 17
Cyber Attacks Frequency Staggering | 18
House Votes to Repeal ObamaCare Medical Device Tax | 20
Connect, Grow, Learn: Golf and Education Day Photo Gallery | 21
CPIA Classes | 28
Upcoming Events Calendar 2015 | 30
2015 April
PIA NE IA Offers Cyber Insurance — You Need it, Your Clients Need it | 7
National Association of Professional Ins. Agents 2015 Federal Legislative Summit | 9
Are We in a Soft Market? Maybe. Maybe Not | 10
The Future Millennials & Financial Stability & Careers | 12
Special Report — Cyber & the NAIC, Cyber & Insurance is that the Direction to Go? | 13
Social Media: Take Another Look at Yours | 15
FEMA & the NFIP up the Ante: Flood Prices Rose April 1 | 17
ObamaCare — Give it Time? | 18
ObamaCare — Penalty Increasing | 18
Ranking Insurance Mascots | 19
Connect, Grow, Learn:
Annual Convention: Connect, Grow, Learn: Golf and Education Day - June 2-3 | 21
CPIA Classes | 24
Upcoming Events Calendar 2015 | 26
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