Political Involvement and Advocacy Month is Underway! (8/5/2008)

August is PIA National’s third annual Political Involvement and Advocacy Month (PIA Month)August is PIA National’s third annual Political Involvement and Advocacy Month (PIA Month)... Full Story

Younger Generation of Customers are Less Loyal to Banks (8/5/2008)

Banks’ most loyal customers are their oldest customers, while Gens Y and X are the retail banking customers of the future... Full Story

Fastest-Growing City in the U.S. is New Orleans (7/29/2008)

New Orleans, hard-hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, was the fastest-growing large city in the nation between July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007. This follows the city having the largest rate of population loss since 2000... Full Story

One in Four American Adults Now Obese (7/29/2008)

On July 17 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report that found that the number of obese people in the U.S. increased by 2 percent between 2005 and 2007 and that now one in every four adults is obese (25.6 percent)... Full Story

PIA Members Poised for “Capitol Hill in Your Backyard” (7/2/2008)

For the third year in a row, PIA members will make August the time for grassroots political involvement by Professional Insurance Agents across the country... Full Story

Gasoline Demand Finally Tops Off (6/24/2008)

“U.S. gasoline demand will likely decline in 2008 for the first time in more than 17 years.”... Full Story

A.M. Best Report Says Obama, McCain Share Some Common Ground on Insurance Issues (6/17/2008)

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) voted the same on eight out of 15 bills that involved some major insurance-related pieces of legislation in the 109th and 110th sessions of Congress, according to a report by A.M. Best’s BestWire... Full Story

“Golden Coffins”- Getting Paid After You’re Dead (6/17/2008)

The concept of deferred compensation is not new. Many higher-income people use it as a legal means of reducing their tax burdens... Full Story

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