While speeches are a way of life in the nation's capital, those attending this year's annual meeting of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America are being urged not only to talk the talk after hearing speeches by some of the more influential House and Senate members, but to walk the walk by lobbying their own representatives on Capitol Hill about the major issues impacting producers.

The IIABA's 2008 Legislative Conference and Convention will take place April 2-4 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Prior to the beginning of the conference, Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., who chairs the House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, will address members of the association's executive committee, government affairs committee, and agents and brokers from Rep. Kanjorski's home state of Pennsylvania, along with other agent and broker leaders on April 1.

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