LEONARD C. BREVIK

• In Personal Lines, Weather, Economy, NFIP Top Concerns

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 2, 2012

  Leaders in personal lines discuss challenges and opportunities in the market in 2012.

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  Agent & Broker 2012 Outlook

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 20, 2012

  To gain some producer-level perspective on the outlook this year for the P&C business, NU spoke with some major players across the agent & broker spectrum to discover where the greatest opportunities—as well as the most daunting challenges—lie in the year to come.

• Tightening Underwriting and Carriers Courting Independents Seen as Top Trends

  January 19, 2012

  To gain some producer-level perspective on the outlook this year for the P&C business, NU speaks with some major players across the agent & broker spectrum to discover where the greatest opportunities—as well as the most daunting challenges—lie in the year to come.

• Del. & Pa. Agents’ Associations Break With PIA National

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 2, 2011

  The independent agents’ associations in Delaware and Pennsylvania say they will no longer be affiliated with the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents as of Jan. 1, 2012.

• Industry Reacts To NFIP Legislation Now On House Floor

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 13, 2011

  Industry officials today lauded the decision of the House Financial Services Committee to report out legislation reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program, noting that the panel was acting against the background of historic flooding in the Mississippi Valley area.

• Defund FIO study

  By Ted Besesparis  |  March 1, 2011

  Last year when Congress created the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), it ordered a broad study of insurance regulation in the United States—but it assigned the task of conducting that study to the FIO that it had just created. This creates an ideological conflict of interest.

• Insurance societies and associations: Make all voices heard

  By Staff Writer  |  December 14, 2010

  The insurance industry's societies and associations played a pivotal role in 2010 on a host of issues, including healthcare reform, business taxation, international growth opportunities and help in facing the challenges of social media.

• Old issues, New Congress

  By Ted Besesparis  |  December 1, 2010

  Ted Besesparis writes about the potential prospects of some issues of particular concern to professional insurance agents in light of the new healthcare reform, 1099 requirement, flood insurance and OFC.

• PIA Joins Groups Concerned By Health Care Tax Provision

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 10, 2010

  The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has joined a host of insurance trade groups asking the Senate to quickly change a health care law tax reporting provision scheduled to go into effect in 2012.

• PIA Letter Urges House Passage Of 5-Year NFIP Extension

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 13, 2010

  The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents today urged the leaders of the House to "quickly pass" legislation now expected to be on the floor Thursday that would reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program for five years.