26 Oct 2020
Help Us Help You: Update Your Member Profile Today
At IIANC, we are always looking for ways to better serve our members and provide solutions to your business challenges. But, we need your help to make sure that we are connecting you with the right resources and information. Please take a few minutes and log in to your member profile on IIANC.com to verify
30 Sep 2020
IIANC Welcomes Two New Staff Members
IIANC is pleased to announce the addition of two new members to our staff – Mike Allison, our new Director of Agency Development and Training, and Drew Rosemond, our new Marketing & Data Assistant. Mike Allison – Director of Agency Development and Training As Director of Agency Development and Training, Mike is responsible for developing
30 Sep 2020
Congratulations 2020 Best Practices Agencies
A huge congratulations is in order to the following IIANC member agencies who were recently named 2020 Best Practices Agencies by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA.) Each of these agencies submitted extensive financial and operational data for review after having been nominated and selected. These firms represent the highest performers based on their growth
28 Aug 2020
Getting Involved… Virtually!
The following blog post was written by Merritt Tongen, AINS, a member of the iLEAD (Young Agents) Committee at IIANC. How quickly things can change! IIANC’s iLEAD (Young Agents) Committee had planned lots of great networking activities in 2020 to connect with Young Agents around the state. We were really excited about a fun Happy
24 Aug 2020
Creating a Learning Culture in Your Agency
The following blog post was written by MyAgencyCampus™, a site for agents and brokers seeking to onboard and develop staff with comprehensive coverage online courses, business skills and leadership modules. Continuous Learning…Skill Agility…Critical Thinking…Learner-Centered – It all starts with creating a Learning Culture where employees are encouraged, supported and motivated to seek learning opportunities. This
21 Aug 2020
Rollerblades and Parades: Spreading Joy and Withstanding the Pandemic
The following article was written by Owen Thomas, senior account executive at Dial Insurance Agency in Pembroke, NC. It was reprinted from IIABA with permission. How am I dealing with the coronavirus pandemic? Going into a new decade I was filled with energy and excitement. However, that was halted by the pandemic, the likes of
12 Aug 2020
Your Remote Hiring Plan
The following post is written by WAHVE, Work At Home Vintage Experts, an IIANC-endorsed staffing provider. By all accounts, the pandemic-related work-from-home business model is here to stay, at least for the time being. For the most part, many companies were able to transition quickly, albeit not without some significant challenges. Yet now another significant challenge
06 Jul 2020
A Week in the Life: Travis Collier
The following blog post was written by IIANC member Travis Collier, CBIA, Agency Advisor for SIA of North Carolina. Travis is a member of the iLEAD (Young Agents) Committee. I was extremely excited when I was asked by the iLEAD (Young Agents) Committee to put together a quick blog to highlight why I got involved
17 Jun 2020
Top 3 Tools You Need to Manage Remote Workers
The following post is written by WAHVE, Work At Home Vintage Experts, an IIANC-endorsed staffing provider. Today’s employees Zoom, Skype, Jabber, FaceTime, GoToMeetings and chat in Google Hangouts and Webexes. When they’re not videoconferencing, they’re emailing, collaborating in Microsoft Teams, and instant chatting on Slack. They’ve already got the tech tools they need to make it
08 May 2020
Driving and Cell Phones Don’t Mix
This guest blog was written by Mark Ezzell, Director of the North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program Dedicated to reducing the numbers of traffic crashes and fatalities in North Carolina, the Governor’s Highway Safety Program – located administratively within the NC Department of Transportation – promotes efforts to reduce traffic crashes in North Carolina and