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Welcome
From the Desk of the President & CEO
.png) Sunny and 72 in Virginia Beach — and we are ready!
The tradeshow is sold out! The speakers are top-notch! The views and hotel are incredible! It's going to be amazing!
We look forward to seeing you at the beach for our 2021 Convention and Tradeshow, Oct. 24-26, at the Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront.
IIAV Member Resources
 Despite early concerns in 2020 regarding the coronavirus pandemic, Best Practices agencies adapted quickly to a remote work strategy to serve their customers and posted remarkable results, according to the 2021 update of the Best Practices Study by the Big “I" and Reagan Consulting.
We know there is a lot of confusion around vaccine mandates and applicable accommodations. In order to provide more in-depth information for you to consider when planning the best course for your company, we wanted to share some of the resources we have found on these topics.
 IIAV Members can receive an ADDITIONAL discount for the rest of the month of October for LEVITATE! Anyone who signs up for a demo DURING OCTOBER and let's us know they heard of us through IIAV will receive 25% their first year! That's in addition to the waived onboarding for IIAV Members!!
IIAV members can sign up for a demo at www.levitate.ai/#get-demo-form
State & National News
The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission welcomed two new Deputy Commissioners during a swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, September 14, at the Commission's headquarters. John T. Cornett will serve the Richmond area and Josh Wulf will serve the Fairfax region.
The President signed a Continuing Resolution bill that contains an extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) until December 3, 2021. This is the 17th short-term extension of the NFIP since September 30, 2017.
The American Banker's Association's Banks Never Ask That campaign shares helpful tips and information to help protct consumers from falling victim to fraudulent emails, texts and calls from scammers pretending to be their bank.
These statistics are great representations of the damage hackers are inflicting on businesses all across the U.S., from the Coveware Q2, 2021 report:
- The average ransom payment in Q2 2021 was $136,576.
- 81% of ransomware attacks involved the threat to leak exfiltrated data. - Average days of downtime stemming from ransomware: 23 days 
Food For Thought
Education
Earn your Construction Risk and Insurance Specialist (CRIS) with IIAV classes: in-person, hybrid and on-demand!
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Speaker: Tom Doran, Reagan Consulting
Presented by: InsurBanc
Who's Making News
This year, an outstanding group of 264 agencies across 45 states qualified as Big I Best Practices Agencies. Each of these agencies submitted extensive financial and operational data for review after having been nominated and selected in 2019. These firms represent the highest performers based on their growth and operational excellence.
VIRGINIA
- AHT Insurance, Leesburg - Bankers Insurance, Glen Allen - DeJarnette Insurance Agency, Brookneal - Scott Insurance, Lynchburg - Welch, Graham & Ogden Insurance, Manassas
Harford Mutual Insurance Group is proud to announce its President and CEO, Steve Linkous, and his family recently went bald for an important cause. They raised not only awareness but a record-setting $550,000 shaving their heads for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest non-government funder of childhood cancer research grants. The Linkous family is currently the top fundraising participant in 2021 for St. Baldrick’s and currently the number one fundraising family this year.
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