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Celebrating the 2024 Stony Steinbach Achievement Award Winner: Steve Clements Steve Clements, CPIA accepts his award alongside PIAW Immediate Past President Lacey Endres The Professional Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (PIAW) is excited to announce that Steve Clements, CPIA of Clements Insurance Agency in Wausau has been named the recipient of the 2024 Stony Steinbach Achievement…

2024 Ron Von Haden Agent of the Year: Alyssa Hobgood The Professional Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (PIAW) is proud to announce Alyssa Hobgood of BWO Insurance in Oak Creek as the 2024 recipient of the Ron Von Haden Agent of the Year Award. This prestigious award, named after the late Ron Von Haden, a long-time…

Returning to Work: What Employers Need to Know By: What are the facts? On September 16, Amazon announced that its corporate employees will be required to return to working five days a week in the office as of January 2.  The news came as a shock to many, as Amazon corporate workers had been working…

Avoiding a Hacked Workstation The only thing you should use your company’s workstation or PC for is…work! Never mix personal web surfing and social media with company devices. If you want to check your Hotmail account or Facebook page, do it during your lunch break and on your personal device. Over 100,000 Facebook accounts are…

Rep. Scott Fitzgerald Presented with PIA Legislator of the Year Award Wisconsin’s PIA Advocacy Day delegation with Congressman Fitzgerald (from left: Pete Hanson, Tracy Oestreich, Ryan Butzke, Rep. Fitzgerald, Lacey Endres, Alyssa Hobgood, Octavio Padilla, Natalie White) WASHINGTON — The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has awarded U.S. Representative Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) the…

The Problem of Insufficient Property Limits Brought to you by: Commercial Property and Homeowners/Dwelling Coverage are two of the most frequent sources of E&O claims – and these claims often involve disputes over insufficient property limits. Every agency likely has clients with property limits insufficient to cover replacing the property, which means your agency is…

Dogs and Personal Insurance: Dog Bite Risk, Statistics, and Prevention People have no lack of passion for their pets, and conversations about insurance and man’s best friend can be difficult. Understanding the risks associated with dog ownership is crucial for both policyholders and their insurers. Some dogs will never have an issue, but insurance companies…

FTC Rule: What You Need to Know By: Judd A. Genda & Robert C. Procter   |   On August 20, Federal District Court Judge, Ada Brown, of the Northern District of Texas, issued an injunction barring the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from implementing its non-compete rule scheduled to go into effect on September 4, 2024.…

Which Works Better – Seller or Traditional Financing for My Agency? By: John Lisowski, SFB Your agency is humming along, even during a hard market, and it feels like it’s time to expand. You have done the homework and you have found an agency that is for sale. The market is good, the seller is…