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Membership in the Nationwide Independent
Contractors Association is open to current or retired Nationwide
insurance agents. Dues for active agents are $216 per year. Dues for
retired agents are $75 per year.
Click here to
download an application to return by fax or mail.
Following are some of the benefits of NIICA
membership.
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NIICA, in conjunction with the CEAA
(Coalition of Exclusive Agent Associations), continues to monitor
agent issues at the federal level. Examples are the Treatment
of SECA/DCIC and the Health Insurance Premium (100%) deductible
business expense under Schedule C for sole proprietors
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NIICA supports its fellow agents on a
national basis.
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NIICA has a “Member-To-Member Referral
Program” in place to allow you to refer your policyholders to
another NIICA member when your client moves to another location.
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NIICA provides a website,
www.niica.org, to its members. A
“Resources” Section is updated regularly to instantly assist members
with day-to-day insurance inquiries. The newest addition to that
site is “premium financing. "With your user id and password, you can
gain access to the “members only section.”
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NIICA posts your elected Board of
Directors and Chapter Presidents on the website. Don't hesitate to
contact them for support with your agency. In addition, YOUR
Association Headquarters is always here to offer assistance.
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NIICA holds it Assembly of Delegates
Meeting in the Fall of each year. This year the Radisson Plaza Hotel
in Fort Worth, Texas will host the event September 29, 2005 through
October 2, 2005.This is a time when all members are encouraged to
participate and offer input on future goals of your
association. Mark your calendar!
Continue to support the organization that
cares. Tell your fellow agents. Call for additional membership
applications. NIICA is your voice. Your contribution allows us to be
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| Supreme Court
Reaffirms Your Right to Privacy |
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Should
the confidentiality of NIICA’s membership be a concern? A United
States Supreme Court decision eliminates this question.
In
a case that is almost 40-years-old but which is still good law,
NAACP v. Alabama (1958) 357 U.S. 449, the State of Alabama attempted
to force the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People to produce its membership lists. The Supreme Court held that
a production order of the identity of members of the organization
was a violation of the constitutional rights of those members. The
court stated that there was a "vital relationship between
freedom to associate and privacy in one’s associations." The
immunity from disclosure is here so related to the right of members
to pursue their lawful private interests privately and to associate
freely with others in so doing (comes) within the protection of the
Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution."
Subsequent
cases have reaffirmed the rights of association and the right of
privacy in such associations. |
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