INSURANCE BARTENDER
A Look Back at This Year’s Highlights Membership in the IIAW is an investment in your agency, your career and your industry. At the IIAW, we are proud of all we have accomplished this past membership year on behalf of our members and how each and every day, we all get to do something we love - helping independent agencies succeed. It is hard to quantify and illustrate the value of a membership so we put together a few chronological highlights:
September
Leadership Awards The IIAW Emerging Leaders accept the Outstanding Young Agents Meeting Award at the Big I National Fall Leadership event in Savannah, GA for their Capstone Innovation Conference. This was made possible thanks to our supporting company members.
October
Workers’ Compensation
Cybersecurity
IIAW launches its opposition to carriers workers’ compensation scheduled rating proposal.
IIAW runs a month-long social media campaign on cybersecurity reaching over 10,000 people.
January
January
Illuminate
December
DAIS
New Website
IIAW and DAIS hold month-long sprint to make enhancements to the Internet of Insurance, to be rolled out in 2020.
New IIAW website launches with a resource-focused Agency Solutions section that includes access to over 100 agency-specific resources.
Donations
Big I Associations look to the IIAW for thought leadership on emerging technology and invite IIAW’s CEO, Matt Banaszynski, to present at conventions across the US. Over 600 attend Matt’s speeches.
IIAW creates a joint venture November with agency technology expert, Steve Anderson.
December
Emerging Technology
WAHVE
October
Our Emerging Leaders Committee donates over 100 items to the American Family Children’s Hospital.
IIAW announces strategic partnership with WAHVE to offer members new staffing solutions. February
January
February
E&O Website Review
Digital Storefront
Strategic Planning Session
Cybersecurity Regulations
IIAW launches new virtual E&O website review to protect agencies from expanding litigation. Over 50 agencies take advantage of the new service within the 1st six months.
The Internet of Insurance launches their Digital Storefront providing Big I members a complimentary solution for selling products online. Over 100 agencies sign up to create their Digital Storefronts.
IIAW Strategic Planning Session held with 25 Board Members and Exclusive Company Members.
IIAW is the only agent trade association to help draft and testify in support of ADA 819/ SB784 relating to establishing WI cybersecurity regulation.
March
March
March
April
Webinar
Defeat Damaging Legislation
IIAW hosts webinar to help agencies “Learn How to Become a Digital Agency.”
IIAW successfully and quietly defeats damaging draft business interruption legislation.
Essential Business IIAW successfully lobbies for insurance agents to be listed as an essential business.
April April
Insuring Wisconsin’s Success IIAW publishes a video, “Insuring Wisconsin’s Success”which garners more than 11,000 views. The video outlines how the insurance
industry is coming together during COVID-19.
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JULY 2020
February
wisconsin INDEPENDENT AGENT
Start of COVID-19 On March 12th, as the COVID-19 pandemic hits Wisconsin, Governor Evers declares a State of Emergency, and IIAW launches its COVID-19 Resource Page, free for all agents.
April
May
May
PPP Loan
COVID-19 Support
Cover Your Agency
IIAW provides guidance on applying for PPP loans and individually assists over 50 agencies with the application process.
IIAW places personalized check-in calls to every IIAW agency member to provide support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
IIAW hosts “Cover Your Agency” webinar to answer agency’s questions on Operations, Legal/HR, Government Relations and Technology.
