Independent agents will certainly have a lot to talk about whenthey storm Capitol Hill en masse later this month to meet withtheir congressional representatives to lobby on critical issuesranging from federal regulation to terrorism and floodinsurance.
Indeed, agents who gather here from April 26-29 for theIndependent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America's annualNational Legislative Conference will have a full agenda to jawboneabout with federal lawmakers. (For the first time, IIABA will alsohold its annual convention as part of the week-long event inWashington.)
“Obviously, our number-one issue will be our opposition to theSununu/Johnson bill, S. 2509, to create an optional federal charterfor the insurance marketplace,” noted Charles E. Symington Jr.,senior vice president of government affairs and federal relationsfor the IIABA.
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