Independent Insurance Agents of Texas is:

A nonprofit organization of 1,700 independent property and casualty insurance agency members and 250 associate members from insurance companies, MGAs and other vendors of agency products

• Total member agency employee population is more than 12,000.

Independent Insurance Agents of Texas Mission: Help Members Succeed

How we carry out our mission:

• Professionalism in education
  • All student materials in Independent Insurance Agents of Texas classes are written by IIAT's credentialed professionals to meet the specific needs of IIAT members
  • All classroom instructors are professional educators recruited and trained by IIAT
  • Independent Insurance Agents of Texas has the nation's largest state association program for participants in the Accredited Customer Service Representative designation program
• Professionalism in governmental advocacy and political action
  • Independent Insurance Agents of Texas is a leader in the Texas insurance industry in providing to legislators and other policymakers accurate, timely and well-grounded analysis of insurance issues
  • Independent Insurance Agents of Texas's political action program has been acknowledged for its success in helping elect Texas Supreme Court justices with balanced perspectives on liability issues
• Professionalism in providing insurance markets
  • IIAT's Personal Lines Connection has helped more than 100 small agencies by replacing lost markets for personal auto and homeowners
  • Since 1989, IIAT has filled market gaps caused by market constrictions in such lines as personal umbrella, small workers' compensation and farm and ranch coverages
• Professionalism in providing technical resources
  • IIAT's 9 coverage guides, now provided online through InfoCentral, are unique among state agent associations as a handy desk reference for understanding policy terms
  • IIAT's Texas Insurance Agents Handbook, also provided online through InfoCentral, is unique among state agent associations as a handy desk reference on agency management and operations

Types of insurance business our member agencies write:

• About 27.4 percent of the $16 billion in personal lines insurance premiums for such products as personal auto and homeowners policies -- about $4.4 billion
• About 80 percent of the $6.3 billion in commercial lines premiums for such products as multiperil commercial, commercial auto and workers' compensation -- about $5 billion
• Many of our larger agency members also offer life and health insurance
• Membership criteria

Independent Insurance Agents of Texas history:

• Founded in 1898 as the Local Underwriters Association of Texas
• Expanded in 1993 through merger with the Professional Insurance Agents of Texas, which was created in 1943