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Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America Inc.

Acronym: IIABA

Information

Organization's Own Description:

The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big "I") is a national alliance of more than a quarter million business owners and their employees who offer all types of insurance and financial services products.

Unlike company-employed agents, Big "I" independent insurance agents and insurance brokers represent more than one insurance company, so they can offer clients a wider choice of auto, home, business, life, health coverages as well as retirement and employee-benefit products.

Big "I" agents and brokers not only advise clients about insurance, they recommend loss-prevention ideas that can cut costs. If a loss occurs, the independent insurance agent or broker stands with the client until the claim is settled.

Big "I" was founded in 1896 as the National Local Association of Fire Insurance Agents. With the expansion of property-casualty business and coverages, the organization’s name was changed to the National Association of Insurance Agents in 1913. To emphasize its members’ ability to work with a variety of insurance companies, the organization became the Independent Insurance Agents of America in 1975. The Association’s name was changed in 2002 to the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America to reflect the diversity of its membership, which includes both independent insurance agents and insurance brokers.

Big "I" is a voluntary federation of state associations and local boards, with affiliates in every state and the District of Columbia. Its independent insurance agents and brokers are politically astute and are involved both locally and nationally. They monitor and affect consumer, insurance agent and broker, and small business issues in Washington through IIABA’s active, professional staff on Capitol Hill.

Address:

Capitol Hill Office
20 F St. NW, Suite 610
Washington, District of Columbia 20001
Phone: (202) 863-7000
Fax: (202) 863-7015
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Main Office
127 S. Peyton St.
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Phone: 800-221-7917
Fax: 703-683-7556
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Trips

This organization has paid for one or more congressional trips. A summary of that travel follows:

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Lobbying and Foreign Representation

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Filed to lobby on its own behalf from 2002-2024

Revolving door lobbyists:

People who lobbied on behalf of Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America Inc. and have also worked in a congressional office:

  • Amador Dean Aguillen
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  • Elizabeth MacDonald Barnett
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  • Matthew Lawrence Berzok
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  • William M. Brooke
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  • Lauren Elizabeth Cialone
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  • Joseph B. Cortina
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  • Heather A. Eilers-Bowser
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  • Elizabeth C. Furey
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  • John M. Green
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  • Raaed A. Haddad
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  • Paul A. Howard II
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  • Thomas C. Koonce
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  • Christopher Scott Matthiesen
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  • Thomas Clifford McCrocklin Jr.
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  • Jennifer Dlugasch McPhillips
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Caught Our Eye

  • Revolving door to lobbying spins faster than last election year

    Posted by Jake Harper on Oct. 28, 2014
    With the third quarter lobbying filings in, the number of former Hill staffers registering as lobbyists this year is on track to far surpass the number from the last election year read more
  • Former financial services staffers find employment on K Street

    Posted by LegiStorm on Dec. 30, 2009
    Nearly half of the staffers who have left the powerful House Financial Services Committee in the last decade have registered as lobbyists, according to a report yesterday by the Huffington Post. The web site used LegiStorm to identify the 126 people who have left the committee since the end of 2000. Some 62 eventually became registered lobbyists. Often staffers leave their position writing financial laws to represent key players in the financial services industry. One former staffer called it "a logical progression" for people who understand the legislative process. Others described the moves as "cashing out," using experience on an influential committee as a stepping stone to a higher-paying job in the private sector. read more

Employees
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People whose biographies include Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America Inc. as an employer: