I love football and movies, so when the movie “The Blind Side” came out, I had to see it. The movie did not disappoint me, what a wonderful story! What I didn’t expect was looking at our industry in a different light. In the opening of the movie, Leigh Anne states, “As every housewife knows, the first check you write is for the mortgage, but the second is for the insurance.
Change is constant, we all know that! This year will be no different for our industry as we wait for the Supreme Court decision on health care reform, plus keeping current on the activity at the State level. Each day you protect your client’s “Blind Side” from what they don’t seeing coming at them through education, researching the market and providing service.
WAHU is here protecting your “blind side” by keeping you informed on what is happening at both the state and federal level. We’re meeting with many leaders from the current administration regularily. One example of this is working with HIRSP and due to our relationship if you take the HIRSP continuing education, your compensation will be greater.
NAHU as well is working diligently on our behalf. Some of the issues they are working on include the exchanges, minimum loss ratio, essential benefits, employer mandate, medical liability reform and transparency, just to name a few.
This is a member organization and we need everyone to be engaged this year. Whether it’s serving on your local chapter board, various committees, contacting your legislators, renewing your membership or recruiting a new member, every effort helps strengthen our industry.
We have some exciting events coming up with Day on the Hill March 13th & 14th and WAHU Annual conference August 22nd – 24th. Watch for future announcements on these events, plus your local chapter meetings. I look forward to working with you while we navigate the changes ahead. Our industry has given us many great things over the years and I know there will be many more to come.
I’ll see you at Day on the Hill!
