Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) last week introduced S. 5149, a bill to remove agents from a definition that would result in burdensome requirements for agents enrolling consumers into Medicare. PIA supports this legislation. The bill seeks to reverse the harmful Medicare rule that could discourage licensed agents and brokers from representing Medicare Advantage and Part …
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A few of the participants outside the office of Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) This week, crop insurance agents from PIA affiliates from North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Minnesota came to Washington, D.C. to advocate on a variety of issues related to the federal crop insurance program. Crop insurance provides our nation’s farmers with the …
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Now that the midterm election results are in, and the majority parties of both the Senate and House for the next Congress are known, Congress has returned for a lame-duck session with a long to-do list before the 117th Congress ends on January 3, 2023. PIA is engaged with Congress on several issues in …
More than a week after Election Day, last night House Republicans reached the 218 seats needed to control the chamber next Congress. There are still seven uncalled House races as of this writing. What is clear is that the Republicans will have a narrow majority of fewer than 10 seats. A narrow majority can make …
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The agricultural economy has experienced extraordinary volatility over the past few years, and it has been worsened by the pandemic, which caused additional instability across economic sectors. During this time of unprecedented upheaval for producers, independent insurance agents have helped guide producers through the process of purchasing crop insurance to ensure they have the protection …
Continue reading PIA Action Alert: Ask Congress to Provide Inflation Relief for Crop Agents
After months of campaigning, the midterm congressional and state elections concluded yesterday. At the federal level, all 435 House seats and 35 of the 100 Senate seats were up for grabs, with the outcome to determine who will control Congress for the next two years. At the time of this posting on Wednesday morning, the …
Continue reading Outcomes of Key Races Remain Unclear, House and Senate Majorities Uncertain
Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) was elected to the United States Senate in 2020. He previously served two terms in the House. Prior to his career in politics, Sen. Marshall practiced medicine for more than 25 years and served in the Army Reserves for seven years. During his time in medicine, he was a business owner of …
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Independent insurance agents deeply focused on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) may already know that, on October 1, the most recently published version of the Flood Insurance Manual took effect. FEMA also recently solicited feedback on the use of Elevation Certificates and Floodproofing Certificates by communities participating in the …
The Federal Insurance Office (FIO) today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) announcing its plan to collect current and historical data from property and casualty insurers to assist FIO in its efforts to assess climate-related risk. This action was foreshadowed by FIO’s email during the summer to insurance regulators in all 50 states, asking …
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Recently, PIA joined a coalition of trade associations in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) expressing our opposition to the Establishing New Authorities for Business Laundering and Enabling Risks to Security (ENABLERS) Act, which passed the House as part of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act …
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