- Membership
- Education, Conferences
- Products and Services
- News & Media
Add PIA to your agency:
Get a staff of 80 insurance professionals to work for your business
… a staff that is never late
… never calls in sick
… has expertise and experience
to help your business.
Receive critical information, education and
turn-key business tools that will save your
agency time and money.
PIA helps you …
Get the answers you need
Regulatory reports/interpretations
Company relations activities
PIA Marketbase™ online market search
PIA BusinessLink™ appointment search (agency/company appointment program)
Appointment Access Program (agency/GA/MGA appointments)
PIA QuickSource reference document library
Circle of Consultants vendor/consultant index
Technology hotline—connect with nationally recognized experts
E&O legal assistance
Ask PIA—in-depth answers to member questions
State and national representation
Privacy Compliance Central—tools to keep your agency within the law
Licensing/CE Compliance Central
Flood Insurance Tool Kit—properly advise clients
Market Transition Tool Kit—educate clients
Develop industry knowledge
CE credit-approved programs—classroom or online
CE-approved live webinars
PIA Webinars On-Demand
New employee training
Certified Insurance Counselor designation program
Certified Insurance Service Representative designation program
Certified Professional Insurance Agent designation program (N.Y., N.J. and Conn.)
Custom Class on-site education services
Smart Talk CE—biweekly education newsletter
Relationships/networking
Young Insurance Professionals (N.Y. N.J. and Conn.)
Grow your business
Agency Staffing Assistance Program
Agency Transition Program—help buying, selling or merging agencies
Workers’ comp markets for your clients through the PIA NumberONE Comp Program
PIA Design & Print—your in-house advertising agency
Online associate member vendor directory
Be Independent Campaign
State-specific, customized agency newsletters for your clients
Custom printing and bulk mailing services
Agency Revolution digital marketing system discount
Protect your business
Agent’s errors and omissions coverage
Data breach/cyber liability—multiple markets
Commercial umbrella—including excess E&O coverage
Employment practices liability insurance
Group term life
Group medical options
Group long-term disability
Group dental
Medicare supplement plans
Agency Preparedness and Recovery Plan—a guide
Steps to Success—how to build a new agency from scratch or grow an existing one
There's more …
PIA National membership
Agency/company contract reports*
PIA Research Series agency agreements*
Pennywise office supply discount
UPS shipping discounts
Agency Policy and Procedure Manual: A Working Model
*Denotes a PIA National program
Insurance education programs throughout the state
PIA brings you the most convenient and cost-effective insurance education programs thoughout the state. We offer custom classes for in-house training that brings customized, CE-approved education programs into your office at a time that's convenient for you.
FULL EDUCATION SCHEDULECE-approved designation programs
Insurance licensing CE credits and requirements
Networking events, regional conventions and conferences
New employee resources
Live and on-demand webinars
Scholarships
Online CE
CE-approved national designation programs
Certified Insurance Counselors
The CIC program, developed by the National Alliance, is recognized for its practical, hands-on approach to learning. Approved for continuing education credits in all states, CIC is one of the most highly recognized professional education designation programs in the insurance industry!
The CISR program, developed by the National Alliance, is a CE-credit-approved designation program, recognized nationwide as an important credential—one that benefits individuals, their agencies, and their customers. This uniquely powerful training is designed to help you conquer the challenges of today by making the customer service representatives more professional, more productive and more profitable.
The AIMS Society's Certified Professional Insurance Agent designation is first-of-its kind, hands-on, how-to training. To earn the CPIA designation, candidates are required to participate in a series of three, one-day Insurance Success Seminars.
CPIA program practical benefits:
Beneficial for ALL insurance personnel, especially CSRs;
Register for one, two, or all three programs—no exam to take;
Learn how to work effectively with different personality types;
Learn how to properly analyze customers' needs;
Get tips for preventing errors and omissions: The CPIA designation is approved by Utica Mutual for E&O loss prevention credit. This credit is applied once the designation is achieved. Please call PIA’s E&O department for details.
New employee resources
New Employee Orientation series
Quality training for employees in their first years, all online and with no time out of the office.
Using a “virtual classroom”, log on to the course each week to get the training you need. No travel, no interruption to daily agency activity and no time out of the office. Connect with other rookies and bounce questions off the facilitator, just like you would in an in-person class setting.
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E&O coverage to count on
PIA: The insurance professional’s agency. Even as markets fluctuate, PIA's commitment to agents has stood the test of time.
GET A QUOTEWe’ve offered solid errors & omissions coverage to independent insurance agencies for nearly 50 years. Current offerings can include:
Multiple markets—both admitted and nonadmitted.
Data breach (cyber liability) coverage—available as a standalone policy or as an endorsement. Don't get stuck without it.
PIA provides one of the only umbrella products that covers both your agency's commercial and professional liability policies.
PIA’s licensed representatives are here to provide independent agents with a choice of markets at competitive rates. Their goal is to find a great program to meet your agency's needs.
Agents’ umbrella coverage
PIA’s umbrella program provides needed additional financial security over the top of a number of E&O products, as well as added protection over most commercial business policies.
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Workers’ comp. markets for your clients
PIA’s NumberONE comp Program
GET A QUOTEThe Professional Insurance Agents associations of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont have been helping members place their monoline workers’ compensation business for nearly two decades.
PIA offers a broad range of workers’ comp markets for your clients from top-rated carriers, with flexible billing and payment plans. PIA’s programs have a simple, fivestep submission process to get you started. PIA’s dedicated staff helps our members provide outstanding alternative markets for their clients.
Important features include:
A simple submission process
Quick turnaround upon complete submission
Competitive commissions
Multiple markets
No volume commitments
Pay-as-you-go options
No minimum premiums
Hundreds of classes, including some
PIA Northeast News & Media
PIA Northeast News & Media is a blog site maintained by the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Vermont. It highlights information and issues that are important to insurance professionals. It offers easy access to news, infographics, videos, PIA Northeast Weekly Dispatch, PIA Magazine and more.
LEARN MOREPress resources
Do you want to see what’s happening with the association, including recent news from PIA Northeast? Are you interested in speaking to an insurance expert for a news story?
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Calendar of events
States |
Date |
Event |
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NJ |
June 12-14, 2022 |
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NJ |
June 14, 2022 |
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NY |
August 1, 2022 |
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NY |
October 25, 2022 |
Capital RAP |
Request a press pass
Members of the press are welcome to attend PIA events. Advance notification is required and a limited number of press passes will be distributed. If you need to set up cameras, microphones, or any other “fixed” equipment to cover an event, or if you want to interview one of our speakers or guests during the event, you must coordinate with the Communication Dept. at (800) 424-4244. Ask for Katherine S. Morra at ext. 284. Or email kmorra@pia.org.
About PIA
Professional Insurance Agents is a voluntary, membership-based trade association representing professional, independent property/casualty insurance agents.
The challenges facing today’s insurance professionals are many, and too frequently, allies are few and far between. PIA is dedicated to building the future for insurance professionals everywhere. We are unrivaled in our ability to meet members’ needs, providing a focused legislative voice, information, education, networking opportunities and tools to help members prosper and grow.
The PIA symbol represents associations affiliated with the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents, headquartered in Alexandria, Va.Professional Insurance Agents is a voluntary, membership-based trade association representing professional, independent property/casualty insurance agents.
History of PIA
The Professional Insurance Agents Associations of New York State, New Jersey, Connecticut and New Hampshire evolved over more than 75 years. Beginning in the 1940s as the Mutual Agents Association, the organizations were known as the Independent Mutual Insurance Agents in the 1960s and 70s. In 1977, the Professional Insurance Agents identity was established at a national level and adopted by our respective states, in response to the expanding markets accessed by member agencies.
Professional Insurance Agents of New York State, New Jersey and Connecticut have been business partners in a highly successful joint management agreement for nearly 50 years. Through this arrangement and the support of PIA Management Services Inc., wholly owned by the three state associations, members in each state benefit from the expertise and resources of a staff of nearly 70 industry professionals. PIA of New Hampshire members have enjoyed the benefits of the association's participation in this group since 1999.