June 2012

New Member Resources
– Coming in July –

Buyer’s Marketplace:

The TMPAA Buyer’s Marketplace has been designed to assist Association Members who are considering selling their agency or book of business, and would like to confidentially review a list of potential buyers who are also members of the group.

The TMPAA Buyer’s Marketplace will post information submitted by members that detail the type of purchase and program characteristic sought, as well as information about that agency’s/ company’s culture. 

The TMPAA is providing this marketplace as a service to members, and has no involvement in any resulting transactions.  The Association is not responsible for the content of the posted buyer information.  Any contacts or business transacted as a result of these postings is solely the business of the two parties involved in the discussion.

This is a fee based service, a portion of which will support TMPAA Charities.

Contact Us  for more information.

Program Employment Bulletin Board:

The TMPAA Employment Bulletin Board will post information submitted by member agencies/companies that detail positions they are seeking to fill.  Individuals will have the ability to confidentially review a list of employment opportunities posted by members of the group.

The TMPAA is providing the Employment Bulletin Board as a service to members, and has no involvement in any resulting employment transactions.  The Association is not responsible for the content of the posted position descriptions.  Any contacts or business transacted as a result of these postings is solely the business of the two parties involved in the discussion.

This is a fee based service, a portion of which will support TMPAA Charities. 

Contact Us  for more information.

Bringing additional resources to the table for TMPAA members, the Breckenridge Insurance Group is developing a service to assist Program Administrators with their core functions of program development, enhancement and placement. Learn more about Breckenridge InSpecialty Services and the seasoned professionals that will form the InSpecialty team.

Click Here for more information.

2012 TMPAA Rough Notes Supplement

Special Print, Digital, and Video Marketing Opportunity

DEADLINE: JULY 16

For Target Markets members only

Rough Notes is dedicating a special supplement within their September 2012 issue exclusively to Target Markets.  Our previous nine supplements were a tremendous success.  Last year’s supplement was well over 150 pages.  Here’s what you get:

• A full-page feature article about your company and a full page, four-color advertisement within the Target Markets Special Section for $5,000.
• A full-page professionally written profile of your company to run opposite ad.  
• 500 color reprints of your ad and article for $1 each.   
• FREE EXPANDED EXPOSURE – Your feature in the Target Markets Special Section is now seen by an additional 25,000 monthly readers of the Rough Notes magazine online.
• EXCITING NEW ENHANCEMENT – For an additional $2,000, Rough Notes Digital Services will produce an exceptionally high quality business video promoting your company.  The video will significantly increase your audience and exposure.  

Click here to see a sample of the Ad and Feature Article
 
Click here to see a Video sample   

Where Program Business Gets Done

Register Early!

12th Annual TMPAA Summit

October 29-31, 2012
Hyatt Regency
Scottsdale, AZ 

The 2012 Summit takes place one week before the Presidential Election. The team of Carville and Matalin should provide interesting insights regarding the issues and impact of Decision 2012.

VJ Dowling, is one of the industry’s most respected analysts. Expect a valuable assessment about the state of the insurance marketplace and a look ahead for what to expect in the coming months.

Our last Summit was attended by over 750 Program Professionals including 175 Program Agencies and 54 Carriers. The TMPAA Summit clearly is “Where Program Business Gets Done” 

Keynote Speakers:
James Carville & Mary Matalin  

Industry Speaker: VJ Dowling,
Dowling and Partners Securities 

Key Meeting Sponsors
Zurich
Wilson Elser
York Programs
QBE
Munich Re
Hudson Insurance
The Hartford
Scottsdale Insurance
Western Heritage
Lexington Insurance
REM
Breckenridge Insurance Group

Click Here for complete information.

TMPAA Carrier
Meet and Greet

Unparalleled Access to Program Business Decision Makers

Plan to meet the 52 Program Markets of the TMPAA at the
12th Annual Summit 

The “Carrier Meet and Greet” event is once again planned for this year’s Summit, scheduled immediately following the  General Session on Tuesday, October 30 at 10:30 am.  This event will ensure that Program Administrator attendees will be able to connect with all of our carrier members.  It has been refered to as the “speed dating” portion of the Summit. 

Our traditional carrier meetings will still occur later that same afternoon for more formal exploration of program business opportunities.

All attendees are encouraged to use the Online Meeting Request available on the TMPAA site, and explore the posted appetites of all our carrier companies.  

Expect more information about the Carrier Meet and Greet event in the coming weeks. Plan to meet your next program business partner at this event at the Summit.

TMPAA Social Media

Join the TMPAA on Linked In!

Click here to join the Target Markets Program Administrators Group.

Thanks to the feedback from our members and the Website Committee, the new Target Markets and Target Programs websites are in final testing and will be up shortly.  Members will all be provided with additional information about the specific improvements to both sites soon.

State of Program
Business

Target Markets 2nd Annual
“State of Program Business”
Research Project
Ready to Roll

With the assitance of the recently formed Program Business Study committee, the 2012 version of the study questionnaire is in final development. 

TMPAA members can expect to recieve the survey via email in July.

The 2012 study is sponsored by Association members Scottsdale Insurance Company and Western Heritage Insurance Company.

The objective of this research is to provide the program industry with information that documents trends in the size and dynamics of the program business market. TMPAA member Advisen will be conducting the study. 

Our goal is to have all TMPAA members participate.  The results will provide valuable tools to assist with your future program business planning.  Full results will only be available to TMPAA members.

Click Here to access the 2011 State of Program Business Study

   Town Hall Follow Up

Feedback was overwhelmingly positive about the recent Town Hall event at the 2012 Mid Year Meeting.  Future Town Hall meetings are being planned to provide more opportunities to hear how your peers run successful program business operations.

Click Here to read more about the producer compensation panel of the Town Hall Meetng.

Contact Us if you would like to suggest a topic for future events.   

The Charitable arm of the TMPAA is organized  to give members a greater voice in deciding what organizations our funds will support. 

The TMPAA Charities Board is now accepting funding applications submitted by TMPAA members to choose our beneficiaries. 

Funding requests must fall into two areas:

1) Education 
2) Business Incubation 

Click Here for more information about TMPAA Charities and funding your favorite charity.

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