Big "I" installs new chairman
Outgoing chairman Mike McBride will remain on the executive committee for an additional year as immediate past chair.
Todd Jackson has been installed as the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (The Big “I”) 2024-2025 chairman. Jackson has more than 30 years of experience in insurance, and serves as owner and partner at McGowan Insurance Group in Indianapolis.
Jackson has been a prominent volunteer with the organization at both the state and national levels – serving first on the Big “I” Indiana Board of Directors, then the Indiana Executive Committee before becoming state president in 2013. He has represented Indiana on the national Big “I” Board of Directors for four years. Jackson has also served on the Trusted Choice board and the Finance Committee, and was elected to the national Executive Committee in 2018.
“Todd’s dedication to the independent agency channel and to Big ‘I’ members shines through in the numerous ways he’s already served the association and in his continued passion for giving back to the independent agency system,” Charles Symington, Big “I” president & CEO, said in a release. “We’re grateful for his leadership as the Big ‘I’ continues to evolve its technology and programs to provide members with the tools they need to succeed in the hard market and beyond.”
Jackson succeeds chairman Mike McBride, president of Mason-McBride in Troy, Michigan. McBride will remain on the executive committee for an additional year as immediate past chair.
Other members installed at the Big “I” Fall Leadership Conference include Lou Moran III, president of Inter-Agency Insurance Service in Knoxville, Tennessee, as Big “I” chairman-elect and Angela Ripley, president of VW Brown Insurance Services in Columbia, Maryland, as the 2024-2025 vice chair.
In his chairmanship, Jackson said he plans to focus on reinforcing the Big “I”’s core member benefits, as well as enhancing operational efficiencies.
“I am committed to working together to overcome our biggest challenges,” Jackson said in a release. “And I am committed to continuing the free and open exchange of ideas with our state leaders to make the Big ‘I’ better for our members.”