ALEXANDRIA, VA, September 16, 2024—The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I") installed Indiana's Todd Jackson, owner and partner at McGowan Insurance Group in Indianapolis, as the 2024-2025 Big “I" chairman at the recent Big “I" Fall Leadership Conference in Indianapolis.
With over 30 years of experience in insurance, Jackson has been a prominent volunteer leader with the Big “I" at the state and national level. He served on the Big I Indiana Board of Directors, which expanded to the Indiana Executive Committee before eventually becoming state president in 2013. He also represented Indiana on the national Big “I" Board of Directors for four years, served on the Trusted Choice® board and the Finance Committee, and was elected to the national Executive Committee in 2018.
“Todd's dedication to the independent agency channel and to Big 'I' members shines through in the numerous ways he's already served the association and in his continued passion for giving back to the independent agency system," says Charles Symington, Big “I" president & CEO. “We're grateful for his leadership as the Big 'I' continues to evolve its technology and programs to provide members with the tools they need to succeed in the hard market and beyond."
As the new chairman, Jackson is focusing on reinforcing the association's core member benefits and enhancing operational efficiencies. This includes prioritizing programs that deliver value to members while ensuring the Big “I" supports member agencies' evolving needs, as well as fostering a strong relationship between the national Big “I" and state associations.
“I am committed to working together to overcome our biggest challenges," Jackson says. “And I am committed to continuing the free and open exchange of ideas with our state leaders to make the Big 'I' better for our members."
Along with Jackson's installation, Lou Moran III, president of Inter-Agency Insurance Service in Knoxville, Tennessee, was sworn in as Big “I" chairman-elect. Angela Ripley, president of VW Brown Insurance Services in Columbia, Maryland, will be the 2024-2025 vice chair. Jackson succeeds chairman Mike McBride, president of Mason-McBride in Troy, Michigan, who will remain on the Big “I" Executive Committee for an additional year as immediate past chair.
Founded in 1896, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I") is the nation's oldest and largest national association of independent insurance agents and brokers, representing more than 25,000 agency locations united under the Trusted Choice® brand. Trusted Choice independent agents offer consumers all types of insurance—property, casualty, life, health, employee benefit plans and retirement products—from a variety of insurance companies.