Members of the PIA of Wisconsin met this week with members of their Congressional delegation on a number of PIA’s 2022 Issues of Focus: the dangers of federal regulatory overreach into the insurance industry and the need to repeal the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), the importance of making the 20 percent tax deduction for passthrough …
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This week, members of the PIA of Michigan met with the offices of their congressional delegation as part of PIA’s 2022 series of year-round, state-specific advocacy events. In their meetings, the PIA of Michigan members drew lawmakers’ attention to several of PIA’s 2022 Issues of Focus: the dangers of federal regulatory overreach into the insurance industry …
This week, the PIA of New Jersey, PIA of New Hampshire and PIA of Connecticut met with their respective congressional offices as part of PIA’s 2022 series of year-round, state-specific advocacy events that offer agents the chance to meet with federal policymakers on the issues that matter most to them. Throughout the year, PIA members from across …
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Members of the PIA of North Carolina held meetings this week with their congressional delegation as part of PIA’s 2022 Advocacy Days. In their meetings, the PIA of North Carolina highlighted the importance of the state insurance regulatory system and urged their elected representatives to cosponsor legislation to repeal the Federal Insurance Office (FIO). PIA supports …
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Members of the PIA of Virginia held meetings this week with their congressional delegation as part of PIA’s 2022 Advocacy Day. In their meetings, the PIA of Virginia explained to their elected representatives why the state insurance regulatory system is successful and why a major threat to that system – the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) -- …
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The Biden administration released its fiscal year 2023 (FY23) budget request on March 28. The budget request includes $31.13 billion in discretionary spending for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture for the next fiscal year, $2.6 billion more than fiscal year 2022 levels, according to the department. Most notably for PIA, for the second year in …
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This week, members of the PIA Texas met with the offices of their congressional delegation as part of PIA’s 2022 Advocacy Day. In their meetings, the PIA Texas members drew lawmakers’ attention to several of PIA’s 2022 Issues of Focus: the dangers of federal regulatory overreach into the insurance industry and the need to repeal the Federal …
Members of the PIA of Louisiana met with members of their congressional delegation earlier this week to discuss the risk rating methodology, known as Risk Rating (RR) 2.0, now being used by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and its effect on communities around Louisiana. PIA of Louisiana also highlighted the need for a long-term …
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This month, PIA will kick off a series of year-round advocacy events that will give agents the chance to meet with federal policymakers on the issues that matter most to them. As they do every year, PIA members from around the country will be advocating on behalf of PIA’s annual Issues of Focus—but for the …
In 2022, PIA will continue its nonstop advocacy efforts on behalf of professional insurance agents by promoting our 2022 Issues of Focus. While the items below are our top priorities for 2022, PIA is always working to promote the interests of our independent agent members, wherever those interests take us. To see a pdf of …
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