Message from NAHU President Tom Harte:
I have been receiving multiple emails over the past few weeks and making more phone calls than you can imagine to address concerns with some of our members. The recurring concern is “what is NAHU doing to support the role of Agents and Brokers?”
As president of NAHU, I have been invited to have multiple interviews with many prominent publications and some of those interviews have focused on the role of brokers in the distribution of our products. Two of the more significant interviews are hyperlinked below for your review.
- Fox Business (12/3/13): Click Here
- MSNBC (11/3/13): Click Here
Yesterday, NAHU issued a letter to the White House and I have attached for your review. This document is significant, not simply because it promotes the value of our members in the marketplace, because it was carried by Politico immediately.
Additionally, NAHU was featured in more than 465 news stories last week, reaching an audience of 360 million people. Our media efforts were published in USA Today (Washington, DC), Reuters – US Edition (NY,NY), Politico (The) (Washington, DC), Boston (MA) Globe, Fox Business (NY,NY), Yahoo! News (Sunnyvale, CA), CBS, Good Day Sacramento (CA), International Business Times (NY,NY), Washington Times, Congressional Quarterly (Washington, DC), Dallas (TX) Morning News, Denver (CO) Post, Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK), Greensboro (NC) News & Record, El Nuevo Heraldo (Brownsville, TX) (SPL), The Business Journals, Insurance & Financial Advisors, Benefits Pro Magazine and LifeHealthPro on the NAHU in the News webpage.
NAHU also created a document to spotlight the differences between Navigators and Agents/Brokers. This document can be found HERE. You should distribute this document to your entire membership as a useful tool for their practice.
Bottom line, I am 100% confident that NAHU staff and volunteers and dedicated to supporting the role of agents and brokers in the distribution of our products. We remain deeply concerned with the implementation of PPACA and will continue to advocate for sensible solutions to address the challenges that are facing our clients.
All the best.
Tom
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Thomas M. Harte
President
P: 603-329-4535
F: 603-329-6820
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