The September 2005 edition of Rough Notes magazine features two articles about current activities underway by PIA to assist member agents.

Weathering the Privacy Legislation Blizzard, by Nancy Doucette, provides a detailed report on the effort by the PIA Insurance Technology Coalition (PIA-ITC) to inform members of Congress and their staffs of the potential impact of legislative proposals relating to fraud and identity theft. The article includes a report on the PIA-ITC meeting held in late July on Capitol Hill. 

Getting Personal, by Phil Zinkewicz, is an informative article about PIA's "Take Back Personal Lines" program - how it works for independent insurance agencies by helping them counteract the mass marketing/mass advertising approach to personal lines being taken by the direct writing carriers.