Weekly Industry News
PIA Oregon Agent of the Year & Company Person of the Year
PIA Oregon/Idaho has awarded its 2023 agent of the year award at the annual PIA Oregon/Idaho conference. Wendy Abel Hatzel of the Abel Insurance Agency in Coos Bay, Newport, Florence and Gold Beach is the award recipient. The Agent of the Year Award is the PIA’s way of saying thank
A Message from a Company Executive and PIA Oregon/Idaho Chairman Chris DeVito
Early last week, Weekly Industry News Editor, Gary Wolcott worked on the awards introduction for the PIA Oregon/Idaho company person of the year. The award went to Oregon Mutual’s Scott Esqueda. Wolcott had a long, and he says, fun and interesting conversation about Scott with Kim Krogh, ARM, who is
What Your Clients are Thinking — A Nationwide Survey
Nationwide’s 2023 Economic Impact survey is complete. It finds that a high percentage of Americans are very worried about the U.S. economy. Just 16% consider the U.S. economy is in good shape, and call it in good or excellent shape. That’s an 8-point drop from the September 2022 survey. Those
The Oregon Legislature — The PIA Working for You & a Comment from a Concerned Agent
This year in the Oregon Legislature, PIA Oregon Lobbyist Lana Butterfield has worked hard on behalf of PIA members and for independent insurance agents that belong to the PIA and those that don’t. For the last couple of months she has worked tirelessly to remove PIA agents from the language
Former Insurance Broker, Sen. Tim Scott is Running for President
If he ends up living in the White House and serving the American people as their president, a Tim Scott presidency might be very positive for insurance and insurance issues. That’s because Sen. Tim Scott — who announced he’ll make a bid to be the second black president of the
Montana Governor Gianforte Vetoes Legislature Pay Raise
Some of us think government is too expensive. That also applies to the business of doing government. As most of us know, running a Legislature is expensive. And the longer a Legislature stays in session, the more expensive it becomes. That said, it’s not why Montana Governor Greg Gianforte vetoed