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From Your President
From Your President The Only Thing Constant in Life is Change
WOW.
It is hard to believe it's already time to start talking about this year’s convention. It seems like only yesterday we were all gathered in Chattanooga for last year's convention, my how time flies.
This year’s convention is obviously going to be a little different. Through our monitoring of CDC and Metro Nashville guidelines, your Insurors Board of Directors has determined that we would be unable to have the October event in-person. However, because we already had some great content lined up for you, we will be hosting a virtual version of our 127th Annual Convention.
Even better, thanks to the great support of our Partners Program companies, this event will be free for Insurors members. This is a great opportunity for all of agency members to participate.
On Tuesday, October 13, our Virtual Convention will feature America’s Monster Coach, Michael Burt, and he will share with us ways to “Activate Your Prey Drive.” We'll follow that up with our partners from Safeco presenting, “Grow by Being an Agent for the Future,” as led by Dale Steinke, Director, Independent Agency Marketing Programs.
That afternoon we will hold our annual Association Day meeting to ratify the actions of your Board and elect our 2020 Officers and Directors. We'll also give out our 2020 awards and have some great door prizes and some other special guests.
Big "I" Eagle Award & Insurpac National
A big thank you is in order for Cindi Gresham, your National Director. Thanks to her hard work and your contributions Tennessee achieved Eagle status for the third year in a row. This represents average total contributions of $100 per member agency and we are currently 2nd among all states in total dollars raised! Way to go Cindi! This is obviously a very important year with regards to providing funding for the National PAC with many key Federal elections upcoming. To learn more, please visit https://www.independentagent.com/GovernmentAffairs/InsurPac/ default.aspx
State Government Concerns
The Legislature adjourned its short session without passing COVID Liability Protection, which was a huge disappointment. We are hopeful that the Governor will request that they return after the August 6 elections to work out their differences and pass this very important piece of legislation. It appears the retroactive date of March 5, 2020 is the biggest issue between the two chambers.
This is a critical piece of the legislation that needs to be in the bill for the protection of our customers. Please reach out to your legislators and encourage them to support this legislation. Jim Layman has worked very hard on this and is ready to answer any questions you might have about this very important piece of legislation.
To learn more about the difference in our two PACs, please visit http://www.insurors.org/pdf/ Two_Pacs_Final.pdf
Search Committee Update
A new Executive Director search committee has now been formed. It includes two Past Presidents from each region and will be chaired by Cindi Gresham, your IIABA National Director. Region One members are Brad Smith and Walt Bradshaw. Region Two members are Davis Porch and Eddie Miller and Region Three members include Tom Strate and Scott Ferguson. These individuals are great leaders in our Association and industry, and I am confident they will do an excellent job in helping us find our next executive.
I look forward to seeing everyone (virtually) in October. In the meantime, please stay safe and feel free to reach out to me with any questions you might have. u
