Texas PIA Insurance Expo Guidebook

Texas PIA Insurance Expo 2012

Expo Guidebook

May 2012

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Texas PIA Insurance Expo 2012

Texas PIA Insurance Expo Agenda at a glance Friday, May 18th Thursday, May 17th 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

4 hours Flood Insurance CE by Hartford Flood 2 hours Super Sales CE by AmWins Specialty Auto 5 hours County Mutual Pre-Licensing Course

by Tejas Seguros 3 hours non-CE Internet Marketing & Social Media by The Agency Advantage 3 hours non-CE on Successfully Starting and Growing Your Insurance Agency

3 hours Sell Out Ethics CE by Infinity Insurance 3 hours Extreme Makeover: Agency Edition CE by Infinity Insurance 5 hours County Mutual Pre-Licensing Course by Endeavor General Agency 3 hours non-CE Internet Marketing & Social Media by The Agency Advantage 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

2 hours non-CE “What’s all the Buzz about Online Marketing” by ITC

12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Dutch Treat Luncheon & Trade Fair

12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Dutch Treat Luncheon & Trade Fair

4 hours Flood Insurance CE by Hartford Flood (continued) 2 hours Agency Management CE by AmWins Specialty Auto 5 hours County Mutual Pre-Licensing Course by Tejas Seguros (continued) 2 hours non-CE Internet Marketing & Social Media by The Agency Advantage 2 hours non-CE “What’s all the Buzz about Online Marketing” by ITC

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

5 hours County Mutual Pre-Licensing Course by Endeavor General Agency (continued) 2 hours non-CE Internet Marketing & Social Media by The Agency Advantage

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception on Waco Suspension Bridge Awards Ceremony

Exhibitors / Sponsors Exhibit Booths cost as little as $495 for a 10' X 10' piped & draped booth, 6’ table, two chairs and wastebasket.

Exhibitor / Sponsor Registration also includes up to 7 hours CE (if needed) for all Company Representatives.

Additional company personnel may attend and enjoy all activities for FREE! Non-Sponsor / Exhibitor Marketing Reps are Persona Non Grata.

Exhibitor / Sponsor Online registration at http://piatx12-rep.eventbrite.com Exhibitor / Sponsor Application & Info (PDF) Exhibitor kit from Decorator May 2012

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Texas PIA Insurance Expo 2012

ReNoVoPartners & InsuranceAgentNet Flood Insurance CE According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), floods result in over $1 billion of property damage each year. Yet two-thirds of Americans living in heavy flood zones don't have the insurance to handle it and homeowners insurance doesn't cover flooding.

We will have a 4 hour Hartford Flood Insurance CE th available on Thursday, May 17 at Texas PIA Insurance Expo in Waco, TX. PIA members mat attend for free. Non-PIA members can get a 50% off registration discount code from Hartford reps.

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County Mutual Pre-Licensing Courses

Aggressive Insurance Reps will be staffing the Registration Desk at Texas PIA Insurance Expo on May 17 – 18 in Waco, TX. Everyone is invited to their 5 hour County Mutual Preth Licensing seminar on Thursday, May 17 at Texas PIA Insurance Expo.

PIA members may attend for free. Non-PIA members can contact Aggressive Insurance Reps for a special 50% off registration discount code.

Chuck McMillan of Endeavor General Agency, LLC will be teaching his 5 hour County Mutual Pre-Licensing seminar on Friday, th May 18 at Texas PIA Insurance Expo.

Ralph Moten will present his almost world-famous CE seminars on Sales & Agency Management on th Thursday, May 17 at Texas PIA Insurance Expo.

Everyone is invited.

PIA members may attend for free. Non-PIA members can contact Chuck McMillian at 972-935-1233 or e-mail to cmcmillan@endeavorga.com for a special 50% off registration discount code.

All attendees get a digital copy of his “How To” Booklet May 2012

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Texas PIA Insurance Expo 2012

Texas PIA Insurance Expo Trade Fair Thursday & Friday 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Dutch Treat Luncheon & Bar served in Trade Fair Free Admission to Agents & CSRs Agent / CSR Trade Fair Only Online registration at http://piatx12agent.eventbrite.com

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Texas PIA Insurance Expo 2012

www.aggressiveusa.com Aggressive Insurance Booth #109 & #208

Why Wait?

County Mutual Pre-Licensing Course

Contact the Exhibitors & Sponsors Now!

2012 Virtual Trade Fair

A.M Best Company Booth #304

https://www.alfains.com ALFA Insurance Booth #312

www.appliedsystems.com Applied Systems, Inc. Booth #201

www.afcins.com www.bhuainc.com

AFC Insurance, Inc. Booth #116

AmWins Specialty Auto Booth #117 & #216

Bunker Hill Underwriters Booth #210

2 hours Super Sales CE 2 hours Agency Management CE https://myaffirmativeinsurance.com Affirmative Insurance

http://www.columbialloyds.com/

Booth #205

Columbia Lloyds Insurance Booth #302

http://www.agencyadvantage.com/ The Agency Advantage Booth #100

http://www.dairylandauto.com/

Internet Marketing & Social Media non-CE Workshops

Dairyland County Mutual

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Rick.Carter@directgeneral.com Direct Auto Insurance Booth #110

www.gainsco.com GAINSCO Auto Insurance

http://insuranceagentnet.com

Booth # 200, # 101 & # 103

InsuranceAgentNet Booth #215

http://www.hallmarkinsco.com/

http://insrecord.com/home/

www.empowerins.com

Hallmark Insurance Company

The Insurance Record

Empower Insurance Group

Booth # 301

Booth # 202

Booth #115 & #214

http://www.getitc.com/ Insurance Technologies Corporation Booth #212 www.thehartford.com http://www.endeavorga.com/Endea vor General Agency

Hartford Flood

Booth # 204

4 hr Flood Insurance CE

“What’s all the Buzz about Online Marketing” non-CE seminar

Booth #311

County Mutual Pre-Licensing Course

http://www.insurezone.com/ http://www.enterprise.com

https://www.infinityauto.com

InsureZone

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Infinity Insurance

Booth #105

Booth #111

Booth #313 & #315 3 hours General CE 3 hours Ethics CE Information Printer https://www.kotter.net/

www.eurekaonlinemarketing.com

The Kotter Group

Eureka Online Marketing

Free YouTube Video Commercials

Refreshment Sponsor

http://ibdpro.com/

Using Social Media in a Disaster Seminar

Insurance By Design Booth #105 May 2012

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http://louisawilliams.com/ Louis A. Williams & Associates, Inc. Trade Fair Bar Drink Tickets http://www.renovopartners.com/

www.mendota-insurance.com

http://countymutual.com

ReNoVo Partners

Old American County Mutual

Booth #215

Registration Sponsor

Mendota Insurance Booth #113 http://www.primeis.com/ Prime Insurance Company

www.selective.com

Booth # 206

Selective Insurance Booth #207

www.mercuryinsurance.com Mercury Insurance Refreshment Sponsor

www.qqsolutions.com QQ Solutions www.MexiPass.com

Booth # 306

www.ssuga.com Southeast Surplus

MexiPass International Insurance

Booth #114

Booth #305

www.spmga.com www.midlandsmgt.com

www.ramsgate.com

Midlands Management of Texas, Inc.

Ramsgate Managing Insurance

Southern Preferred MGA, Inc. Co-Sponsor Waco Bridge Welcome Reception

Booth #107

Booth # 203

http://www.texasratt.com/ https://www.natlloyds.com/ National Lloyds Insurance Company

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Reduce Auto Theft in Texas (RATT) Task Force

TAPCO Underwriters

Booth #112

Booth #102

Booth #303

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Booth #217 & #316

Booth #106

http://www.piatx.org Texas PIA Complimentary Neck & Shoulder Massages

http://wellingtoninsgroup.com/ http://www.torrentcorp.com/ Torrent Technologies Drink Tickets

Wellington Risk Insurance Agency, Inc. Booth #309

http://www.texassecuritygeneral.com

Texas Security General Agency Booth #104

www.twfg.com TWFG - The Woodlands Financial Group Booth #108

www.westerngeneral.com Western General Insurance Company Booth #300

http://www.texasspecialty.com/ Texas Specialty Underwriters

www.uaig.net

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Conveniently located in the downtown area alongside the scenic Brazos River, the Waco Convention Center is just a few blocks from I-35, 15 minutes from the Waco Regional Airport, and within walking distance from major hotels and quality restaurants. There are more than 1,000 first-class hotel rooms within 1 mile of the Waco Convention Center, with many more overflow rooms located within a 15 minute radius. After hours, conventioneers and visitors can turn to the downtown's nearby entertainment district for an evening of dining and unwinding. This restored row of warehouses is packed with restaurants, bars, and shops varied enough to suite any taste.

More info at http://www.wacocvb.com/conv.asp May 2012

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Welcome Reception on Waco Suspension Bridge Texas PIA has rented the world-famous Waco Suspension Bridge for Thursday evening.

PIA members attend for free. Non-PIA members may attend the seminars for only $25 (one day) or $39 (both days). And you might be able to get a 50% off registration discount coupon from some of the Exhibitors & Sponsors.

Online Attendee registration http://piatx12-agent.eventbrite.com More info at www.PIATX.org

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“How To” Non-CE Seminars on Internet Marketing & Social Media for Insurance Agencies at Texas PIA Insurance Expo Thursday, May 17th 9:00 a.m.: How to claim Google, Yahoo & Bing Local Search for free Are you taking advantage of Google, Yahoo and Bing’s new focus on Local Search?

The Big Three’s focus on local businesses has resulted in a dramatic change in search results compared to the past. Now, independent insurance agencies have one huge edge over the national competitors: a local address.

Friday, May 18th 9:00 a.m.: How to create a free Mobile Site You’ll learn how to easily create greatlooking websites that are specially formatted for touch-screen viewing on smartphones. Upload your logo, select your color scheme, and add your content. It's that simple!

10:00 a.m.: How to create free YouTube promotional & customer testimonial videos.

10:00 a.m.: How to create QR (Quick Response) Codes for free

Post them everywhere … on your website, Blog, Facebook, etc. I’ll show you how to set up a YouTube Channel.

Take your mobile website into the real world with QR codes that can be placed on just about anything that can be printed advertisements, posters, brochures, mailers, business cards, whatever. Best of all, the program generates the QR codes for you and tracks their performance, so you know how often your codes are being scanned over time.

Make your website and mobile web pages visually stimulating with images and video. Upload your own photos or graphics, or embed your favorite video clips from YouTube.

11:00 a.m.: How to create a free Niche website Why Niche Web Sites?

There are millions of insurance websites already on the Internet and there are thousands more being added every day. Those millions of sites and pages are your potential competition….unless you specialize. You don’t need to waste time and energy trying to compete. Niche websites are the way of ‘not competing’.

Be a Laser Beam not a Flashlight 3:00 p.m.: How to create a free E-mail Marketing Program Wouldn’t it be great if you sold every lead on the first call? This free program allows you to stay in touch with clients and to follow up with potential clients.

4:00 p.m. How to create a free Electronic Mini-Billboard for your agency Put that unused computer monitor to use by creating a free slideshow of your insurance products and services. The free software and pictures are a snap to use!

11:00 a.m.: How to get positive reviews and citations in Google, Yahoo & Bing for free More and more consumers research online before they contact your insurance agency. Positive reviews (and the way you respond to negative reviews) are taken seriously.

I’ll share 10 Ways for your agency to get positive reviews (plus a customized handout for your clients).

3:00 p.m.: How to grade & improve your website & mobile site for free You make your money selling insurance not creating websites but it’s important that you know if the person you are paying to make your agency visible on the Internet is doing their job!

4:00 p.m.: How to use Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter for Business for free Centralize all of your social media channels in one place for easy access to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

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Membership & General Information

Advertise in the Texas Connection

Sandra Appelt

Attention: Insurance Companies, MGA’s, Premium Finance Companies & Insurance Industry Vendors:

Executive Director Toll Free: 1-800-829-9838

Check out the rates for the most cost effective method of keeping your message in front of your customers …

TEL: 512-301-0226 Sandra@piatx.org PIA National

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It costs you nothing and you don’t have to be a member of PIA of Texas to move your coverage. Go to the E&O Program link at www.PIATX.org and print the applicable application and e-mail or fax it to us.

Do you want higher E&O limits but your carrier won’t quote what you want? That’s not a problem. Go to the E&O Program at www.PIATX.org and print the umbrella application from the link shown. Fill out the application and send it to us.

Questions? Contact Eddie K. Emmett at eddie@piatx.org or (770) 312-2342.

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The editorial content is valuable information but as always you should do your own due diligence and evaluation. The content is meant to be for informational purposes only and does NOT warrant an endorsement by the Texas Professional Insurance Agents in any form or fashion.

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E&O Contacts

E&O Contacts

Houston area

Dallas area

Bob Dixon

Ray Reyes

bdixon@piatx.org

ray@piatx.org

866-577-7428

214-618-2365

832-375-0787

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Why Join Texas PIA

Believe!

Texas PIA President’s Message I have been getting emails and phone calls daily from all over asking me "How do we do it?"

How do we get such important people to participate in Texas PIA’s projects, and put on such great events year after year?

My answer? The Independent Agent is the most important factor in making things happen in the insurance industry in Texas.

WE BELIEVE WE BELIEVE we can do anything. WE BELIEVE in what we do, and WE BELIEVE all we have to do is ask, and people will respond to us like they do every day in our agencies when they purchase a "promise" that we will take care of them. It is an intangible. It is TRUST! You can't touch it, but you feel it. You BELIEVE it!

The Companies TRUST us that we will bring people together in a way that is different, refreshing and rewarding. They know our organization will be motivating to all who join because WE are the best at what we do.

All our members are successful business people, and others want to be just like us. I joined the Texas PIA which at the time was made up of my biggest competitors. Crazy you say, yeah, crazy like a Fox. In fact, when I look back on it, there were a lot of Fox's at that meeting. I had nothing to lose and everything to gain and so did those other Fox's.

You may ask, "What does the Texas PIA really do?"

Simply put, I Believe we Enthusiastically Support and Trust in our Team.

Belief … Enthusiasm … Support … Trust We are the Texas PIA! We are the BEST! Belief, Enthusiasm, Support, Trust. This makes us the BEST! As Independent Agents, we may be competitors, but we are smart competitors who Enthusiastically Believe and Trust that WE will support each other every day and in every way.

You can try to continue on the path that made your agency a good agency in the past, or you can join forces with people that are making their agencies great.

The hard part is trusting and believing in that first step and that first step is joining the Texas PIA. WE will share our ideas, WE will support you, and WE will give you the tools to help you succeed.

Together WE can make it happen. Together WE are the BEST. Come join us and learn how to change that good agency into a great agency.

Tom Sorrels

Texas PIA Promise to Members We promise to give you ideas to help you grow your business. We promise you networking, to put you with those companies that want you to succeed.

And we promise we will show you the way to survive the bad times, and then shout “I am the BEST when it is all over”. Show your enthusiasm. Be Enthusiastic!!!

Success Breeds Success!

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Smart people want to be aligned with other smart and successful people. Align yourself with the Texas PIA.

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President, Texas PIA Tom Sorrels Insurance 1313 S. Vine Suite A Tyler, TX 75701 Tel 903-597-6699 tomsorrels@sbcglobal.net

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Texas PIA Board of Directors 2011-2012

DIRECTORS

beginning 10/1/2011

OFFICERS Executive Committee President term to 10/1/2012 Thomas O. Sorrels, Jr., CPIA Tom Sorrels Insurance 1313 S. Vine Suite A Tyler, TX 75701 Tel 903-597-6699 Fax 903-597-7099 tomsorrels@sbcglobal.net President- Elect term to 10/1/2012 Carl Shockey Paragon Independent Insurance Agencies, Inc. 6305 Preston Rd Ste. 1000 Plano, TX 75024 Tel 972-867-9797 Fax 972-767-3314 cshockey@paragoninsagencies.com Immediate Past President vacant Treasurer term to 10/1/2012 Randy Templeton, CMA,. CPA, CPIA, EIS, LUTCF Templeton Insurance Agency, Inc. 21120 Spring Towne Drive Spring, TX 77388 Tel 281-350-4999 Fax 281-350-5907 rktntexas@aol.com Secretary term to 10/1/2013 Don Miller, CPIA Texian Insurance Agency PO Box 686 Belton, TX 76513 Tel 254-939-7000 Fax 254-939-0009 don@texianinsurance.com National Director term to 10/1/2015 Jimmy Beathard, CPIA Beathard Insurance Agency, Inc. 3500 W. Davis Suite 240 Conroe, TX 77305 Tel 936-756-0988 Fax 936-756-0940 Jim@beathardinsurance.com

DIRECTORS Tony Harper term to 10/1/2012 Porter Insurance Agency PO Box 1710 Porter, TX 77365 Tel 281-354-3279 Fax 281-354-8607 tonyharper@porterins.net Clifford Parker,GA,CPIA,RR term to 10/1/2012 Parker Insurance 831 Village Square Tomball, TX 77275 Tel 281-351-8282 Fax 281-351-1454 CPaker@parkerinsurance.com Chuck McMillan term to 10/1/2013 Endeavor General Agency, LLC 3723 South FM 551 Royse City, TX 75189 Tel 972-935-1233 cmcmillan@endeavorga.com Vacant

term to 10/1/2013

David Almany, CPIA term to 10/1/2014 Almany’s Insurance 150 Hwy 77 South Waxahachie, TX 75165 Tel 972-937-0979 Fax 972-937-3366 Almanys1@yahoo.com Mark Solomon, Sr. term to 10/1/2014 All Auto Insurance Agency, Inc. 833 East Arapaho Rd #107 Richardson, TX 75081 Tel 214-739-5610 fax 214-739-5404 marksr@assurnet.biz Jennie McDonald term to 10/1/2014 Wedgewood Insurance Agency 1410 Spring Cypress Spring, TX 77373 Tel 281-350-1605 fax 281-350-8735 wedgeins@sbcglobal.net

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Visit Booth #304 at the PIA of Texas Insurance Expo!

Columbia Lloyds Insurance Company is a privately held Company that was incorporated in 1983. The Company received its certificate of Authority from the Texas Department of Insurance in June, 1985.

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Since its inception, the Company has written residential property insurance exclusively.

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