Minority Agent SupportStill Has A Ways To Go

Last year, the Independent Insurance Agents of America touted its first joint annual convention with agents from the National African-American Insurance Association and the Latin American Association of Independent Insurance Agencies. The Alexandria, Va.-based IIAA hoped that this would be a step toward a brighter future for minority insurance agents in particular and the insurance industry in general.

However, “to be perfectly honest [we've had] limited success,” admitted IIAA Chief Executive Officer Robert A. Rusbuldt.

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