Big I Illinois - Southern Region

06/05/2026

06/05/2026

What an incredible day at the Big I Illinois So. Illinois Golf Outing yesterday! ☀️⛳

Beautiful weather, great conversations, and just the right amount of friendly competition made it a memorable event. And of course—Abernathy’s famous Buffalo Tro was a highlight and did not disappoint!

A huge thank you to our sponsors who made the day possible: Arlington/Roe, Auto-Owners Insurance,
Consolidated Insurance TDW, Saliba Insurance Agency, Taylor, Dodd & Wood, The Hanover Insurance Group, Valley Insurance Agents Alliance, W. A. Schickedanz Agency, Inc- Interstate Risk Placement, Yewell Insurance, and all who contributed door prizes. And a special thanks to our volunteers!

Congratulations to our contest winners:

• Longest Putt – Tanner Imming
• Women’s Longest Drive – Kristin Germann Moore
• Men’s Longest Drive – Cody Imming
• Closest to the Pin – Dave Miller

And to our team winners:

• 1st Place Gross Score – Team Sager (led by James Sager)
• 1st Place Peoria Handicap – Michael Farmer, Parker Meyer, Austin Mudd, Sean Sexton

Grateful for the opportunity to spend time with such a great group of agents and partners. Already looking forward to next year!

06/04/2026

It’s a B-E-A-utiful day for a golf outing ☀️ See you on the course! ⛳️

04/16/2026

Hotel Room Block Info for the Golf Outing - June 4th!

04/16/2026

Hosted by the Big I Illinois Young Agents but education, networking & fun for ALL agents, and in our back yard! Southern IL Agents, let's show our support for the future leaders and enjoy a day of learning & connecting with our Big I Illinois & industry friends!

Spring is the perfect time to reconnect with your peers, gain fresh insight, and invest in the future of your career. 🌷 The Big I Illinois Spring Summit (formerly the Sales & Leadership Conference) is a one-day event featuring timely education, engaging speakers, and practical conversations designed to help insurance professionals grow their careers and strengthen their agencies. We're so excited to see everyone on May 7 in St. Louis, Missouri, for this event - learn more here: https://zurl.co/qupIE

04/09/2026

State Legislative Day! See you next week in Springfield!

Join us in one week for Insurance Industry Legislative Day on April 14! This event brings individuals from Illinois' second largest industry together in Springfield to learn about current issues affecting the industry and discuss their impact with Illinois’ decision makers. Learn more and register here: https://zurl.co/XDDoJ

02/24/2026

Exciting news! 👏 Join us Wednesday, March 25 for our first ever Women in Insurance CONFERENCE! Women in Insurance will have the opportunity to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what sustainable success actually looks like. Together, we’ll focus on resetting expectations, recharging energy, and reenergizing purpose, learning how to give your all at work without giving your overall. Learn more and register here: https://zurl.co/oA65S

02/24/2026

Do you know any High School seniors planning to continue their education in agricultural studies including (but not limited to) farm labor, grower, farm/ranch management, biology, horticulture, farm science, agriculture sales or insurance in college? We have two scholarships available! Encourage them to apply at https://www.ilbigi.org/farm-agents-council/apply.
Deadline to apply is March 1st.

01/13/2026

Where are our Farm Agents?!? You don’t want to miss this event ➡️ Big I IL Farm Agents Mid-Winter get-together. It’s more than a meeting: it’s networking with farm agents & carriers who understand the business, it’s CE focused on the farm & ag business, it’s time well spent away from your desk!

The 96th Annual Farm Agents Mid-Winter Education Meeting is the premier event for those in the Illinois crop industry to come together for networking, education and an industry specific trade show. February 5-6, learn how your business can grow, thrive and adapt in our ever-changing industry: https://zurl.co/4AEdj

11/01/2025

📣 Big I Memebrs - join us for an association update 📣

❗Don't Miss This❗Join Big I Illinois staff for an association and industry update next Wednesday, November 5 💻

This virtual event will feature:

🔹Veto Session review with news on legislation affecting the insurance industry
🔹Insurance Marketplace Report Update
🔹Learn how you can get more involved by volunteering

Register here: https://zurl.co/1bdRU