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​​NABIPWA Symposium 2025
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The 2025 Spring Symposium will be held on May 7th Spokane and May 8th in Seattle. This two-day conference brings leaders in the health insurance industry together with 100+ health insurance agents—designed to arm you with the latest new and useful strategies you can apply to your business today.
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Day on the Hill 2025​
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The 2025 Day on the Hill will be held on January 21st in Olympia, WA.
This event is jointly presented by NAIFA Washington and NABIPWA. Registration via the link above is hosted by NAIFA.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Agenda:
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8:00-8:15 AM
Event Kick-off
Presenters: President/Advocacy Lead, NABIP WA
President/Advocacy Lead, NAIFA WA
8:15-9:00 AM
Title: Office of the Insurance Commissioner 2025 Priorities
Presenters: Newly elected Insurance Commissioner (invited)
9:00-9:30 AM
Title: 2024 health and life insurance industry policy priorities discussion
Presenters: Peggi Lewis Fu, Executive Director, Association of Washington Healthcare Plans
John Mangan, Regional Vice President, American Council of Life Insurers
9:30-10:00 AM
Title: 2025 Legislative Session Outlook
Presenter: Sen. Claudia Kauffman (D), chair of the Senate Business, Financial Services & Trade Committee (invited)
10:00-10:15 AM
Break
10:15-10:45 AM
Title: 2025 Budget Outlook
Presenter: Max Martin, Tax & Fiscal Government Affairs Director, Association of Washington Business
10:15-10:45 AM
Title: NAIFA/WAHU 2025 policy priorities & advocacy documents overview
Presenter: Chris Bandoli, lobbyist, NAIFA WA & NABIP WA
10:45 AM-12 PM
Title: Advocacy training
Presenters: President/Advocacy Lead, NABIP WA
President/Advocacy Lead, NAIFA WA
Day on the Hill 2025 Recap
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This event was jointly presented by NAIFA Washington and the National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals Washington Chapter (NABIPWA).
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For the first time in a while, we hosted a social the night before for both associations, and we hope to keep that going forward. A special thank you to John Mangan for sponsoring the social! It was good to connect and talk about the day ahead on the Hill.
On Tuesday January 21st, 2025 NABIPWA/NAIFAWA hosted their annual joint Day-on-the-Hill lobby day in Olympia. We had a great lineup of speakers and topics including the newly elected Insurance Commissioner, Patty Kuderer, who discussed her priorities for 2025. Other speakers and topics of note included John Mangan, Regional Vice President, American Council of Life Insurers and Peggy Fu, Executive Director, Association of Washington Healthcare Plans who covered health and life insurance industry policy priorities. I also found the information shared by Max Martin, Tax & Fiscal Government Affairs Director, Association of Washington Business on 2025 Budget Outlook to be very informative as well.
It was a mostly sunny, but very chilly day on the hill, a great day to speak with a leader from each of the four of the legislative caucuses. Thank you Chris Bandoli for scheduling appointments for members of each association.
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To recap, our messaging was please don't raise the B&O (or any other) tax on brokers. Many of us are small businesses with slim margins. That we oppose any bills that have been introduced that would raise the cost of health insurance for our customers (mandates, prior auth restrictions, carrier tax, etc). Please keep affordability in mind as you consider which bills to advance.
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What's more, that we support bills that reduce costs, such as ones that eliminate some inappropriate hospital facility fees or support the substitution of less expensive medications.
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-Victoria Lindholm
Current NABIPWA President