The 2009 Insurance Leadership Forum will be held at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., rather than The Greenbrier due to ongoing labor strife and uncertainty about the West Virginia resort’s future, Ken Crerar, president of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB), reported.The 96th annual Insurance Leadership Forum will be held from Oct. 10-14, 2009. It is The Council’s largest annual meeting, attracting 1,500 attendees from leading commercial insurance agencies, brokerages and major carriers.
“The decision to move the conference to The Broadmoor was not made lightly,” Crerar said. “It had been our sincere hope that The Greenbrier management and labor unions would reach an accord so the ILF could return to the place where the conference began back in 1913 and where every one of those meetings had been held until this year.”
However, he said, the labor talks are still stalled, and there is no thaw in sight.
“We worked hard to try to bring the two sides together, but our efforts have not been successful. Basically, there has been no progress since June, and we simply cannot wait any longer for the resort management and the unions to break their stalemate,” Crerar said.
Earlier this year, The Council moved three major meetings – the 2008 Wholesale Insurance Leadership Forum, Employee Benefits Leadership Forum and Insurance Leadership Forum - from The Greenbrier to different locations because of the labor difficulties. The association also has announced that the 2009 Employee Benefits Leadership Forum, to be held May 26-29, will be at The Broadmoor.
Crerar said that if the labor problems can be resolved favorably, The Council would consider returning to The Greenbrier for its 2010 conference.
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