The the WSIA Political Action Committee's annual Legislative Fly-In is an important element of the organization's advocacy efforts. The 2020 Fly-In was canceled due to COVID-19, but work to educate members of Congress has been ongoing. (Fotolia) The WSIA Political Action Committee's annual Legislative Fly-In is an important element of the organization's advocacy efforts. The 2020 Fly-In was canceled due to COVID-19, but work to educate members of Congress has been ongoing. (Fotolia)

For the WSIA Political Action Committee, 2019 was a tough act to follow.

Members of the Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association (WSIA) contributed a record $178,845 to the PAC in 2019. Those contributions came from 347 individual contributors and exceeded the previous record, set just one year before, by almost $37,000.

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