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To
create a professional organization from which rules, ideas,
statements, papers, journals, dissertations and studies can be
presented publicly for analysis, debate and resolution; and to publish
those subjects that are inherent and of interest to the business
pursuits of member agents and their principal.
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To
promote professionalism and ethical practice, placing service to the
policyholder and public first and foremost.
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To
promote and maintain effective communication between the agent and the
company.
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To
foster and encourage fellowship among agents and their families.
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To
encourage increased competence through continuous study and
professional industry courses.
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To
search for ways in which career agents may enjoy unique benefits such
as curtailment of agency expense, investigate sources of the most
economical insurance coverages for members and recommend activities
that may prove financially advantageous to the agency force.
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To
research and recommend legislative programs that may provide fair
treatment of insurance consumers and Nationwide independent
contractors.
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To
provide information for all members on national and local issues that
are of importance to them.
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To
provide help to an incapacitated agent for the maintenance and
operation of his or her agency.
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To
provide survivor administrative assistance to the family of a deceased
member.
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To
assist agents with legal expenses when it is determined that they were
unfairly terminated or about to be terminated without just cause.
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To
reject the concept of unionization in any form or fashion.
