{"id":669,"date":"2017-05-16T15:44:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T20:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forwardmutual.com\/news\/?p=669"},"modified":"2017-05-30T14:08:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T19:08:07","slug":"forward-mutual-heads-to-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forwardmutual.com\/news\/2017\/05\/forward-mutual-heads-to-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Forward Mutual Heads to Capitol Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-670\" src=\"http:\/\/forwardmutual.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5_16_WashingtonDC.jpg\" alt=\"Forward Mutual meets with WIsconsin lawmakers in Washington DC\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forwardmutual.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5_16_WashingtonDC.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.forwardmutual.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5_16_WashingtonDC-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.forwardmutual.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5_16_WashingtonDC-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forwardmutual.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5_16_WashingtonDC-1024x627.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Representing Forward Mutual, Howard and Lois Wiedenhoeft joined other Wisconsin mutual insurance companies in meeting with\u00a0Representative Mike Gallagher (Wisconsin Legislative District #8) to discuss issues that affect their\u00a0constituents.<\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Forward Mutual is proud to have recently participated in the Congressional Contact Program (CCP) in Washington D.C. to educate\u00a0members of the Wisconsin congressional delegation on the issues facing the mutual insurance industry, its\u00a0agents and policyholders.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOur Congressional Contact Program was interesting as always, including our excursions in the District of Columbia as everyone tries to be non-political but still make a statement,\u201d described Forward President and CEO Lois Wiedenhoeft. \u201cIt\u00a0is one of my favorite places in the United States. It is always changing. I\u2019m thankful for the opportunity to communicate face-to-face with our legislators. They get to hear our story, unfiltered and direct, and gain a sense of our dedication to issues that make a difference for a small, local, Wisconsin insurance company and the policyholders we serve.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The CCP visit\u00a0was organized by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). This unique lobbying effort, now in its 32nd year, allows representatives from NAMIC member companies to meet personally with their elected officials and their staff. This year the\u00a0CCP\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">topics included insurance regulation, natural disaster mitigation, the National Flood Insurance Program, and drones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Howard and Lois for speaking on our behalf!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representing Forward Mutual, Howard and Lois Wiedenhoeft joined other Wisconsin mutual insurance companies in meeting with\u00a0Representative Mike Gallagher (Wisconsin Legislative District #8) to discuss issues that affect their\u00a0constituents. Forward Mutual is proud to have recently participated in the Congressional Contact Program (CCP) in Washington D.C. to educate\u00a0members of the Wisconsin congressional delegation on the issues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,32],"tags":[50,11,45,30,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-industry-news","7":"category-mutual","8":"tag-government","9":"tag-mutual","10":"tag-namic","11":"tag-wamic","12":"tag-wisconsin","13":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"forwardmutual","author_link":"https:\/\/www.forwardmutual.com\/news\/author\/forwardmutual\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardmutual.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardmutual.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardmutual.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardmutual.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardmutual.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardmutual.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardmutual.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardmutual.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardmutual.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}