Welcome to the PIA of Wisconsin
We would like to welcome you to the home of the Professional Insurance Agents of Wisconsin!
We are a community of independent agents and other dedicated insurance professionals, working to promote and improve the independent agency channel. Our mission is to support the advancement and excellence of all independent agencies.
Educate. Advocate. Collaborate.
Educate
We are the premier association for insurance education in Wisconsin. Grow your knowledge and your bottom line, at our education sessions. Whether you want to pursue a CIC, CPIA, CISR or CRM designation, or just meet your bi-annual Wisconsin CE requirement, you have come to the right place.
Advocate
With three lobbyists representing you in Madison and many more in Washington, D.C., PIA is looking out for your interests and promoting the independent agency channel within state and federal government. Our goal is a regulatory environment that allows your agency to grow and prosper.
Collaborate
PIA is a place for you to collaborate with, and learn from, other agents and many other professionals in the industry. Starting an agency? We’ve been there. Growing an agency? We’ve been there. Considering a new agency management system? PIA members have been there. Whether at our Winter Get-Away event in Minocqua, annual convention (ENGAGE 2020), YPC Scholarship Golf Outing or dozens of other events, you can collaborate with other professionals who have “been there.”
Our Recent Posts
PIA of Wisconsin was invited to the Governor’s Office to witness the signing of two important bills, on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Gov. Tony Evers signed one bill making Wisconsin the 46th state to regulate public adjusters and another that ended double-taxation of crop insurance. PIAW advocated strongly for both of these bills. “When there’s…
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With only a few weeks to go in the 2019-2020 Session of the Wisconsin Legislature, three bills backed by PIA of Wisconsin appear headed for the Governor’s desk for a signature. Each one is a victory for independent agents, our clients and our industry as a whole: Bill to Rein-In Public Adjusters Heads to Governor’s…
Read MoreThe required notification period for altered terms to an insurance policy in Wisconsin is about to change. The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a bill that will reduce the notification period from 60 days to 45 days. A majority of states specify 30 days or less for altered terms notification, and carriers wanted to bring Wisconsin’s…
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Legislation to create cybersecurity standards for the insurance industry in Wisconsin has passed the Wisconsin Assembly and will likely pass the Wisconsin Senate, next week. This legislation (2019 Assembly Bill 819) creates standards for insurance businesses that will help protect customers’ private information from hackers. Larger businesses will be required to conduct risk assessments, develop information…
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By Ann Linstroth, CISR, PWCAM I just returned from my first (and certainly not last!) Winter Get-Away with the PIAW, at The Waters of Minocqua. We had a record turnout of 130, this year, including 80 agents! A big thank you to Heidi Hodel and Brenda Steinbach for organizing and staffing a spectacular conference. The…
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