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![](https://www.independentagent.com/PublishingImages/Newsletters/partner-update/template/spacer.gif) | Help connect the dots from classroom to career by donating to the InVEST Silent Auction benefitting the InVEST scholarship fund. The fund provides scholarships to InVEST graduates looking to pursue education or careers within the insurance industry. |
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![](https://www.independentagent.com/PublishingImages/Newsletters/partner-update/template/spacer.gif) | 2014 was a banner year for Independent Agent magazine! |
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![](https://www.independentagent.com/PublishingImages/Newsletters/partner-update/template/spacer.gif) | The Big “I” Diversity Task Force is collecting information on various demographic groups, to identify ethnic minority agency owners in the independent agency system. |
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![](https://www.independentagent.com/PublishingImages/Newsletters/partner-update/template/spacer.gif) | Did you know expanded Best Practices information is available online via the Best Practices Gateway? |
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![](https://www.independentagent.com/PublishingImages/Newsletters/partner-update/template/spacer.gif) | Trusted Choice has just released an updated version of the Brand Style Guide, which is designed to help ensure consistency and purity of the brand message to consumers. |
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![](https://www.independentagent.com/PublishingImages/Newsletters/partner-update/template/spacer.gif) | As the United States moves toward a “majority minority” population — where minority groups outnumber Caucasians — the independent agency system must address and ultimately reflect this fundamental demographic change. |
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![](https://www.independentagent.com/PublishingImages/Newsletters/partner-update/template/spacer.gif) | In one of the most consequential victories for the Big “I” and its company partners in years, this week both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives passed H.R. 26, the “Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015,” by overwhelming margins. This legislation extends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) for six years and creates a permanent National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB II). |
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![](https://www.independentagent.com/PublishingImages/Newsletters/partner-update/template/spacer.gif) | Want to know what’s next for the independent agent channel in the New Year? For a sneak peek at upcoming p-c trends, the future of agency mergers and acquisitions and agency-carrier relationships in 2015, download the January issue of IA magazine—now accessible on your iPad. |
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