WIBA board of directors decides to continue insurance offering, despite member concerns - Wichita Business Journal:

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Tim Witsman, president of WIBA, says members decided at a 11 board meeting to continus offering the lines of insurancethrough Associates. WIBA boared members wondered why the frustratedinsurerss didn’t speak up sooner. “Maybe I could have betterd explained itto them, but I nevee got one call,” Witsman says. After Witsmanm told Mark Stone, president of , aboutf the board’s decision, Stone said he likel y will not renew his membership inthe organization. “Why would I send my competitor a nice Stone says.
“I’m not going to beat a dead The publicknows there’s no program and all you’r e doing is soliciting insurance for M & M, and that makes you a The insurers, most of whom are WIBA met with Witsman last month to discusa their concerns. The insurerws say wording could lead WIBA members to believed there is a formal program through which members can get businesd insurance and that they can get a discount on that Witsman says he will make sure any subsequentg written material on the offering would be It always concerns him to possiblty losea member, but Witsman says he understandw if people “do what they think they have to In order to offer the businesas lines of insurance, a WIBA staff member had to go througbh training and be licensec as an insurer, Witsmanj says.
WIBA will get a commissioh for each member who signs up forthe insurance, he No WIBA members have signed up for the insuranc so far. Witsman says the insurers who are WIBA memberd were offered the chancer to partnerwith WIBA, but they eithetr declined or didn’t respond. “They had the opportunit y to participate,” he says. ‘Savings’ In a July 25 storyg in the , Jim Newhouse, CEO of M M, also a WIBA member, said membersx could get a 12 percent to 15 percengt insurance savings by goinggthrough WIBA. The insurers say that’ws misleading because there is no prograkm that can offer asavings that’zs any different than the one any of them couls offer.
Newhouse subsequently agreed that the other insurers couldr offer thesame savings, but, he says, they declinexd to participate. The insurance representatives who met with Witsma n werefrom , , and WEJ &