Become a PIIAC
Member and Grow.
Successful independent insurance agencies in Colorado have partnered with PIIAC to grow their agency. Join PIIAC to start offering more products, services and to learn along the way.
Gain Market Access to Highly Rated Insurance Carriers
Latest Education and Insights in the Industry
Great Resources for Everything Insurance
Special Events and Networking Opportunities
Become a PIIAC
Member and Grow.
Successful independent insurance agencies in Colorado have partnered with PIIAC to grow their agency. Join PIIAC to start offering more products, services and to learn along the way.
Gain Market Access to Highly Rated Insurance Carriers
Latest Education and Insights in the Industry
Great Resources for Everything Insurance.
Special Events and Networking Opportunities
Catalyit
All the agency tech guidance you need, in one place.
Grow Your Agency
Resources to help you improve your performance and increase your value.
Continuing Education
Unlimited access to 150+ on-demand and live webinar CE courses for all employees in your agency.
Government Affairs
Learn about PIIAC’s Advocacy and Lobbying, the FAIR Plan, and Legislative Session Updates.
Resources
View all the resources available to PIIAC members to run your agency. Your PIIAC team is always willing to help in any way we can.
What Is PIIAC?
How Can We Help You?
Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Colorado (PIIAC) is a non-profit state trade association for Independent Insurance Agents throughout Colorado. PIIAC affiliates with National Big “I” (Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, Inc.). We are dedicated to fostering the independent insurance agency channel through legislative advocacy, education, and tools to help grow your agency. PIIAC also offers exclusive access to E&O carriers to protect our member agencies. Our portfolio includes over 350 agencies with 520 storefronts and more than 2,500 independent agents in Colorado.
Join PIIAC today and let us help you grow your agency.
What are PIIAC's core functions?
At PIIAC we believe the Independent Insurance Agent Distribution Channel is the best place for consumers to purchase their insurance. With that in mind, we strive to provide our members throughout Colorado the necessary resources to grow their agency. We provide Professional Development, Talent Development, Advocacy at both a state and national level, Market Access, E&O Insurance as well as a whole host of other tools that foster agency growth.
Will being a member of PIIAC help me grow my business?
Yes. PIIAC provides a tremendous amount of resources to our members. We have over 275 agencies that use PIIAC for a whole host of products. We have a best in class market access program that gives our members access to markets to help grow their agency, including Pinnacol, SECURA Specialty, AmTrust, Safeco, The Hartford, CNA, and many others. Our E&O program gives members access to two exclusive markets to better protect their agency while providing them risk management resources. We also provide tools to grow your business, including but not limited to the ability to take credit cards from your clients, electronic signature options, discounts on AMS Systems, and many others.
What do member agencies look like?
We have over 300 member agencies representing over $2.5 billion in P&C premium throughout the State of Colorado. We have many one or two person agencies that might focus on personal lines or commercial lines exclusively, and agencies with up to 200+ employees that provide a whole host of risk management tools for their clients. As an organization, we recognize all the different challenges that our members of all sizes have and try to meet as many of those as possible.
Does being a member of PIIAC allow me any networking opportunities?
Absolutely! Throughout the year we put on many different events to encourage networking. Our capstone event is our Annual Convention that takes place in the fall. We also have our Annual Nabity Golf Tournament in June. Throughout the year we have over 25 committee meetings that foster the collaboration of Independent Insurance Agents. In 2018/19 we had a Cornhole Tournament that drew over 85 people to our office as well as a team bike building event that helped get a whole class full of kids a bicycle.
What does PIIAC do for their industry as a whole?
Each and every day PIIAC strives to make the Insurance Industry just a bit better. We help elevate our members to allow them to serve the consuming public in the most professional manner possible. PIIAC has taken a leading role in bringing in the next generation of insurance professionals, aligning with numerous organizations to find, train and place talent throughout our member agencies. PIIAC has numerous committees that help foster a better environment throughout the industry. We have an Emerging Leaders Committee that is tasked with identifying and bringing on new diverse talent to combat our aging workforce. PIIAC’s Government Affairs Committee takes an active role in all things related to legislation and the Division of Insurance. We monitor every bill and ensure our members are protected. The Education Committee sculpts and drives our education offerings and gives us valuable insights as to what our members need and how they consume it. Lastly, our Events Committee plans all our events to ensure they are both fun and informative.
About Us
Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Colorado (PIIAC) is the state trade association for Independent Insurance Agents in Colorado. PIIAC’s roots date back to the early 1900’s and was originally formed to ensure that Independent Agents had the ownership rights to their books of business. PIIAC was formed on July 1, 1992 through the consolidation of the Independent Insurance Agents of Colorado and the Professional Insurance Agents of Colorado. As the state trade association, PIIAC is the voice for Colorado’s Independent Insurance Agents. We give our members the tools to succeed in an ever-changing environment through advocacy, legislation work, talent development, professional development, market access and a whole host of other tools designed to help our members succeed.
Recent Articles
2023 Colorado P&C Marketplace Summary
PIIAC has partnered with Real Insurance Solutions Consulting LLC to provide PIIAC members a summary of the 2023 Colorado Property Casualty Insurance Marketplace. The marketplace summary is a graphic and numeric presentation of the Colorado P&C industry data from...
Big ‘I’ Praises Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac for Postponing Guidance for Property Insurance Requirements
The guideline would explicitly deem actual cash value coverage to be unacceptable, require replacement cost coverage. WASHINGTON, D.C., May 9, 2024— On Wednesday, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced the postponement of a June 1 implementation of updates to their...
Deal Dynamics: Identifying an Acquisition to Add the Most Value to Your Agency
After record activity in 2021, the number of independent insurance agency and broker mergers & acquisitions returned to pre-pandemic levels in the first half of 2023, according to OPTIS Partners. The boom in activity between 2020 and 2021 was driven largely...