In the fall of 2009, there are more issues being debated or considered in Congress with potential impact on professional independent insurance agents than at any other time in recent years.
As lawmakers reconvene from what has been a raucous August recess, healthcare reform is the first issue to deal with. But there also is a raft of proposals with the potential to help or hurt the businesses of independent agents and the consumers who are their customers.
PIA just completed its fourth annual August advocacy event, “Capitol Hill in Your Backyard,” during which members are encouraged to contact their members of Congress to discuss pending legislation of particular interest to agents. When PIA launched this in-district lobbying event four years ago, there weren't many similar campaigns. The debate over healthcare reform changed all that.
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