To briefly recap the IIABA Legislative Conference held April 18-20 in Washington, D.C.:
- Jon Jensen of Correll Insurance Group in Spartanburg was voted Chairman-Elect of our national assocation.
- SC InsurPac leadership (SC National Dir. Ashley Brady, SC InsurPac Chairman Ken Finch, IIABSC Immediate Past Chairman Scott Moseley) were also honored with national awards, as well as
- IIABSC's thirteenth consecutive Eagle Award, which is awarded to state associations that raise InsurPac contributions averaging $100 or more per agency.
- And we visited some Congressmen to talk about issues important to independent insurance agents.
Jon Jensen to be IIABA Chairman in 2019-20
Jon Jensen of Correll Insurance Group in Spartanburg was voted Chairman-Elect of our national association, Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) during the National Legislative Conference held April 18-20 in Washington, DC. He will be sworn into office Aug. 25 at the Fall Leadership Conference in Massachusetts. Jensen is only the second SC agent to hold office with the national association. Hayne P. Glover of Greenville served as national president in 1961.
Young Agent Thomas Tayloe learns what to expect at the next event while kidding around with soon-to-be IIABA Chairman-Elect Jon Jensen and IIABSC Chairman-Elect Jay Taylor on the way to the Capitol to meet with SC Congressional Delegation.
SC InsurPac leadership honored with IIABA Barney Burns Award
IIABSC's InsurPac team (SC National Dir. Ashley Brady, SC InsurPac Chairman Ken Finch, IIABSC Immediate Past Chairman Scott Moseley) was awarded the Barney Burns Award for leadership during the 2018 Legislative Conference. Under their leadership South Carolina had the largest increase in the amount of overall contributions to InsurPac as well as the largest overall number of individual contributors in 2017.
The Bernard J. Burns Award is named after former Big “I” President Barney Burns, who founded InsurPac in 1975, and served as chairman of its Board of Trustees until 1983. During his tenure, Barney worked tirelessly to educate agents about the importance of being politically active and supporting their association's federal advocacy efforts.
Our SC InsurPac team were honored for their leadership in a record-breaking year. (L to R:) SC InsurPac Chairman Ken Finch, IIABA Government Affairs Committee Chairman Angela Ripley, IIABA National Director Ashley Brady, IIABSC Immediate Past Chairman Scott Moseley.
IIABA Eagle Award
IIABSC accepted our thirteenth consecutive Eagle Award during the 2018 IIABA Legislative Conference. The Eagle Award is given to state associations that raise InsurPac contributions averaging $100 or more per agency. South Carolina's contributions averaged $200 per agency in 2017.
SC Congressional Delegation Visits
Of course the primary purpose of the IIABA Legislative Conference each year is so that agents from across the country will come and visit with their Senators and Congressmen and educate them on the issues important to the industry. Those important issues include: long-term re-authorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program, crop insurance, tax reform, industry regulatory reform, health care and cybersecurity.
IIABSC Leadership pose on their way to the Capitol building to visit the SC Congressional Delegation and educate them on issues important to the industry. (L to R:) Thomas Tayloe, Jay Taylor, Ashley Brady, Scott Moseley, Tonya Thomason, Frank Sheppard, Carrie Johnson, Chairman Tom Bates, Mark Johnson, Ken Finch, Jon Jensen.
A large part of the purpose of the Legislative Conference is so that independent agents from around the country can meet their Congressional Delegation and educate them on issues important to the industry. At left, IIABSC Secretary Tonya Thomason gives Sen. Tim Scott an important addition to his pennant wall, Lander University's Bearcats.