The Cuyahoga County Insurance Board (CCIB), established in 1927 and served its members with semi-monthly meetings featuring interesting and topical subjects and continuing education opportunities.

The first meeting of "The Association of Insurance Agents in Cuyahoga County" was held on November 29th 1927 at The Hollenden Hotel in downtown Cleveland. From the very first meeting, the interest of its members has been addressed. At that first meeting it was brought up that The Union Trust Company would not accept Millers National Insurance Company policies. By the next meeting on December 6th a letter was read from Union Trust that due to the Insurance Board's intervention, they would now accept Millers National policies. The board of directors and officers were nominated and elected at that first meeting. Bylaws were established by the 3rd meeting on 1/17/28 and the name of the organization at that time was established as the Board of Independent Fire Underwriters of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

On 11/19/28 the following code of ethics was established: "(a) That no agent connected with this Association shall place his business with a company that maintains a branch office, or a company whose direct representative maintains an office directly or indirectly, which said office solicits business direct or through solicitors, being the opinion of all that the best interest of the insurance business can be obtained through the medium of the American Agency System.

(b) That we will not accept business from any person who is not licensed to write fire insurance in the State of Ohio, nor will we accept business from a licensed solicitor of another fellow agents' office. In order that the above provisions may be carried out successfully, each agent shall file with the secretary the names of all his solicitors, and all agents before accepting business from solicitors indirectly connected with their office and before licensing any new agent, shall enquire of the secretary if such is now or has in the past been connected with any office."

On 3/27/30 a committee reviewed a proposal by the Insurance Board of Cleveland to consider a possible merger of the two organizations. Then as now many members held dual membership and our goals and interest of our members was much the same. The principal reason for not joining the Insurance Board of Cleveland was admission fee of $200 plus a returnable deposit of $200 upon withdrawing from the organization plus the annual assessment of net premium written to cover one's proportion of their annual expense. Our dues at this time were only $10 per year. A respectful no thanks was given and a pledge "that we are always ready, at any time, to co-operate with them in regard to anything relative to the insurance business..."

On 9/2/37 an Executive Secretary Burton P Faragher, Jr was appointed at a salary of $30 per month.
By 10/27/38 our bylaws consisted of 8 pages including a detailed Code of Business Principles. Dues were $12 per year.

On 3/13/81 the Cuyahoga County Insurance Board, Inc. was incorporated. Bylaws were streamlined to the current 4 pages.

9/18/81 the CCIB donated $2,000 to The Ohio Committee for Free Enterprise Competition to help with the campaign to allow competitive workers compensation.

On 11/13/85 the CCIB donated $1,000 to the PIA National Justice Fund in their fight against legislation allowing banks to sell insurance.

9/13/94 The first CCIB Service Award was awarded to Jack Carson of Insurance Diversified Agency for his service to the CCIB.

9/12/95 The CCIB Service Award was presented to Joe Germana, Four Star Insurance Agency Inc. for his service to the CCIB and having served in his 12th consecutive term as Secretary/Treasurer.

9/9/97 The CCIB Service Award was presented to Jeff Neverman, Neverman Insurance for his service to the CCIB.

5/8/01 The membership approved a proposal to merge with the Insurance Board of Greater Cleveland into a new organization called the Insurance Board of Northern Ohio.