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Greetings from NIICA 2008

by H.C. Rusty Davis, President, NIICA Inc.

Greetings to my fellow agents from YOUR association. I am humbled and honored to be sitting as president of your association for 2008 -09. If you have read this far and are continuing, I am honored even more, so I will try to be brief and not waste your time.

I have been a Nationwide agent for 27 years and a member of NIICA for 23 of them. I jumped right in at the state chapter level and have served at every level, so I thank my fellow West Virginia agents for the confidence they have had in me. When I was first elected president of the WV chapter, I made it clear that I believe Nationwide Insurance Company is a great company. My grandfather and both of my parents were Nationwide agents. The company has been very good to my family. So I believe I owe my loyalty to both Nationwide and my fellow agents.

If you do a deep soul search, you probably agree that- even with the problems and issues we face- this is a fine company and a wonderful career. And we are not about to quit this profession or this company. That said, we are not an association that avoids conflict. We are not an association that rubber stamps the policies and changes that management proposes. We are the watchdog of agents interests. We are constantly monitoring changes and situations that affect the agent. And we need your help. The more eyes and ears we have, the better informed we are – and thus better prepared to be pro-active.

To learn more about our agent association, join us or call a member agent. I promised to keep this greeting short and let you get back to work (contingency bonus efforts never end, do they). So, as my esteemed predecessor, Stan Luckie, says, stay tuned. We will be in touch soon and often. Please tell your fellow agents that they need to join us. Because we are our own best insurance.
 

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