Leaders Blog

During this month of giving thanks, we want to thank you for belonging to your professional home. Your commitment to NAIFA is what makes us strong, united, and effective. We are grateful for the expertise, passion, and dedication you bring to our association.  Discover new ways to lead, inspire, and give back as we grow our NAIFA family together.

Are you following our new campaign on social media? "Overachieve in Life" is a great way for us to showcase our members living their best life...and how a career in insurance and financial services allows them to have a great work/life balance to pursue their passions. Be sure that you are following NAIFA on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram as we continue to publish this series.

On November 11, our nation will celebrate, honor, and remember our Veterans. Our Veteran's Day episode of the Advisor Today Podcast will feature Joshua Herrington-Vickers, a former United States Air Force Airman serving from 2009 to 2015 before entering the financial services industry. Joshua was deployed to Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Tune in to hear his story.

We are #NAIFAproud to announce that we have presented 1,223 NAIFA Quality Awards for 2024. The NAIFA Quality Awards (NQA) have stood as the hallmark for outstanding client care in our industry since 1945. We especially thank our company supporters, Southern Farm Bureau, Modern Woodmen, and COUNTRY Financial. Check out the list of the 2024 Recipients now available online.

We are always looking for ways to help amplify the NAIFA brand, promote our members, and encourage more financial professionals to join our association. Here are 5 easy things you can do to help make a difference.

Having difficulty finding the tools and resources available on NAIFA's website? We heard your request loud and clear! We've developed a landing page full of useful links to easily access many of the links and files on our website. In case you missed it (ICYMI) earlier this week, Emily Cabbage, Senior Director of Membership and Zack Huels, Director of Membership Engagement, hosted a special webinar to walk members through many tools and resources available from NAIFA and more importantly where to find them! 

Last week more than 90 of the nearly 400 Triangle Team members made the trek to the Arizona Biltmore for the 2024 Apex and National Leadership Conference. Members who qualify for the Triangle Team were treated to early entrance to the Welcome Reception. This was one way that we recognize and thank our most engaged members. Check out the full list of Triangle Team members.

Earlier this year, NAIFA rolled out a series of Member-To-Member programs, one of which was the P&C Study Group. NAIFA-Missouri Past President, Jennifer Hodges, approached NAIFA staff about how we can acquire, engage, and retain more P&C agents. From that conversation, the NAIFA P&C Study Group was formed.

Did you know that since 2021 more than 400 students from more than 100 schools have participated in NAIFA's Future Leaders program? This free program allows college students to hear directly from NAIFA members about their careers, the path they took to get where they are, and the things they know now, that they wish they would have known back then. Do you have student members in your chapter? Invite them to participate. If you know of a student (or even a child or grandchild of a client) interested in a career in our industry, invite them to participate in our Future Leaders program to explore career options. Our fall session starts on October 9th.

It's hard to believe that this weekend marks the unofficial end of summer. That means that this is the last report of the Summer Membership Challenge. But, these are not the final results...you still have until August 31st to make progress on your membership numbers. We've had some shifts in the leaderboard this week with Wisconsin moving into 2nd place and Massachusetts into 3rd! Here is our leader board as of August 26th: Washington, D.C. (+10), Wisconsin,  (+8), Massachusetts (+7), Arkansas (+6),  Montana (+4), South Carolina (+4), North Dakota (+2), South Dakota (+2),  Idaho (+2), and Hawaii (+1).