{"id":2577,"date":"2026-06-18T07:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/?page_id=2577"},"modified":"2026-07-06T19:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:17:21","slug":"advocacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"header has-background has-primary-background-color header--cover header--text-left header--width-full\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"header__media\" role=\"presentation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/07\/trenton.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"object-position: 49% 70%\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"header__overlay has-background has-primary-background-color\" style=\"opacity: 0.5\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"header__layout\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"header__content\">\n\t\n<h1 class=\"header__title has-h1-display-variant\">Advocacy<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together, we protect and strengthen the independent agency system through grassroots efforts, PAC support, and carrier advocacy.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-dark-gradient-background has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-two-pacs-two-purposes\">Two PACs. Two Purposes.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Every day your state and federal government affairs team is working to keep a fair and healthy marketplace for independent insurance agents and their customers. Our team monitor bills, nurtures legislative relationships, and fights for &#8211; or against &#8211; regulations that will impact our industry. The strength of our PACs grows each year from the contributions we receive from our members. These donations allow us to be represented and have a voice when it matters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-30-70 min-height-full is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a9fdf314 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xsmall);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\"><div class=\"card-grid alignwide has-2-columns\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"card-grid__layout\">\n\t\t\n\n<div class=\"card\"><div class=\"card__layout\"><figure class=\"card__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/06\/Menu_IAPAC_InsurPac.jpg\" height=\"536\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"card__text\"><h3 class=\"card__heading has-medium-heading-variant\"><a class=\"card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/njiia-pac\/\"><span class=\"card__heading-text\">NJIIA PAC<\/span><\/a><\/h3><div class=\"card__content\">Big I NJ&#8217;s strong and influential state PAC contributes to candidates for the New Jersey State Senate, Assembly, and Governor. Through agency contributions, we provide bi-partisan support for state candidates and legislators in Trenton who share our business concerns.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"card\"><div class=\"card__layout\"><figure class=\"card__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/06\/Menu_EPLI-1.jpg\" height=\"536\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"card__text\"><h3 class=\"card__heading has-medium-heading-variant\"><a class=\"card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/insurpac\/\"><span class=\"card__heading-text\">InsurPAC<\/span><\/a><\/h3><div class=\"card__content\">InsurPac is the federal political action committee of the national Big I, raising money to support candidates running for national office who support the best interest of the independent agency system and our consumers. The national Big I has an esteemed government affairs team &#8211; lead by Charles Symington, Sr. VP of Government Affairs &#8211; who are among the most respected in the industry.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two PACs. Two Purposes. Every day your state and federal government affairs team is working to keep a fair and healthy marketplace for independent insurance agents and their customers. Our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6700,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"authentication_status":"","authentication_restrictions":[],"_downloads_block_files":[],"_sponsor_title":"","_sponsor_url":"","_person_author_id":0,"content-type":"","share_enabled":false,"community_list_site":"","bigi_community_list_restrictions":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2577","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Advocacy - New Jersey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Advocacy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two PACs. Two Purposes. Every day your state and federal government affairs team is working to keep a fair and healthy marketplace for independent insurance agents and their customers. Our [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"New Jersey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-06T19:17:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/06\/Menu_IAPAC_InsurPac.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/\",\"name\":\"Advocacy - New Jersey\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/06\/Menu_IAPAC_InsurPac.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-18T07:34:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-06T19:17:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/06\/Menu_IAPAC_InsurPac.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/06\/Menu_IAPAC_InsurPac.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Advocacy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/\",\"name\":\"New Jersey\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/#organization\",\"name\":\"New Jersey\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/05\/cropped-cropped-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/05\/cropped-cropped-logo.png\",\"width\":2694,\"height\":471,\"caption\":\"New Jersey\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Advocacy - New Jersey","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Advocacy","og_description":"Two PACs. Two Purposes. Every day your state and federal government affairs team is working to keep a fair and healthy marketplace for independent insurance agents and their customers. Our [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/","og_site_name":"New Jersey","article_modified_time":"2026-07-06T19:17:21+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/06\/Menu_IAPAC_InsurPac.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/","url":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/","name":"Advocacy - New Jersey","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/06\/Menu_IAPAC_InsurPac.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-18T07:34:24+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-06T19:17:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/06\/Menu_IAPAC_InsurPac.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/06\/Menu_IAPAC_InsurPac.jpg","width":1200,"height":628},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/advocacy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Advocacy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/","name":"New Jersey","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/#organization","name":"New Jersey","url":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/05\/cropped-cropped-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/05\/cropped-cropped-logo.png","width":2694,"height":471,"caption":"New Jersey"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3395,"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2577\/revisions\/3395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/new-jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}