With 51 years in the industry, I have held the roles of adjuster, underwriter, marketing representative, branch manager, agent, and agency owner, as well as a member of an executive management team for a regional insurer.

I was previously the owner of 3 independent insurance agencies in Maryland, Colorado, and Wyoming for over 20 years. I was also a member on the boards for both the Society of CIC and the Society of CISR. I’ve served on various committees for IA&B, PIIAC, and the Colorado Insurance Department. I have also been a consultant for Insurance and Risk Management Services for over 20 years.

I have dedicated 16+ years to the insurance industry and still going strong. During that time, I have obtained my AINS designation, CRIS designation and also hold my Pensyvania P&C License. In 2020, I had the honor of receiving the IA&B Young Agent of the Year Award. I am passionate about learning as well as teaching others about commercial insurance. I earned my Bachelor’s degree in business with a focus in organizational leadership which has helped me build a strong foundation to mentor, teach, and work in the industry. I also write articles for insurance companies to publish and teach continuing education through the CE Partnership which IA&B uses for their web based CE classes.

After college, I entered the insurance industry and worked for a short time as a company claims adjuster. My first job in an agency was as an Assistant Commercial Lines CSR. Since then, I have worked in several agencies and held many roles including CSR, VP of Marketing, Commercial Lines Manager, and director of Commercial Underwriting. In 2023, I started to focus full-time on my training and consulting business.

I’m a professional insurance educator and consultant, and the former Vice President of Industry Affairs with the Independent Insurance Agents of America.

With 32 years of industry experience, I’ve held the roles of Forms Analyst, State Filings Administrator, Program Manager, Compliance Coordinator, Home Office Compliance Director, and Business Unit Compliance Director. I started at Foremost Insurance Company in 1988, which was acquired by Farmers in 2000. I worked at the Farmers’ home office from 2010 until 2015.

I came into the industry with Erie Insurance, where I worked as an insurance adjuster and eventually a district sales manager. I became an independent insurance agent in 1981 with Lawyer Insurance Agency and sat on the Board of Directors for PIA of PA, MD, and DE, as well as the Board of Governors CISR. My agency merged with Reinhardt’s Insurance Agency in 2007, and I retired in 2017.

I have over 36 years in the industry as a licensed agent in Florida; 25 of those years have been spent presenting insurance coverage seminars.

I joined Burd and Rise Insurance Agency of Halstad, Minnesota in 1975 as a licensed agent and partner with my husband, Harlan Rise. Together, we owned and managed the agency until our retirement in 2008. I served as co-owner, producer, and manager of the agency.

I worked in Property & Casualty and Life sales with a direct writer for 8 years and was then an agency owner for 12 years up until I sold my agency. I have now been in Life Insurance sales for 26 years.

I joined my family business, Back and Associates Insurance Agency and served as an Agency Principal.  In 2020, the agency merged with the Walter A McFall and Son Insurance Agency in Dayton, Ohio. The agency is now known as the McFall and Back Insurance Agency. I am affiliated and faculty member with the National Alliance of Insurance Education and Research . I serve as a National Faculty member of the American Insurance Marketing and Sales (AIMS) Society and instruct the Certified Professional Insurance Agents (CPIA) Sales and Marketing programs.

Since 1974, the majority of my industry experience has been in the Independent Agency System having been an Account Executive with the John Henry Dukes Agency in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Heffron Ingle McDowell & Cooper in Charleston, South Carolina and Riley & Associates in Charleston, South Carolina.

My insurance career began in January of 2001 when I took a job as a marketing person for an independent agency in Orlando, Florida. After earning my license that summer, I continued at the agency as a commercial lines producer. I enjoy commercial lines primarily because I believe business owners are superheroes and I like learning what makes them tick. In October of 2004, I joined forces with the Florida Insurance School of Continuing Education aka “FISCE” (which I purchased from my mentor in 2013) to pursue a career in insurance education. In 2010, we founded the CE Partnership for the purpose of establishing a distribution network for FISCE’s best-in-class online CE programs outside Florida.

Early in my insurance career, I discovered that I had a love for training insurance professionals. While I loved selling insurance, I found the education courses to be uninspiring. I followed my calling and founded KM Associates, Insurance Management & Training Consultants (KMA) in 1995. With over 35 years of experience in the insurance industry, I bring my clients a wealth of knowledge in agency and risk management, sales, claims, and customer service. I design, develop, and deliver continuing education and professional training programs on a national level for a variety of clients, including professional organizations, insurance companies, agencies, and brokerage firms. I also serve as a state faculty member for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers (Big “I”, NJ) and the Agents & Brokers of America. I also provide professional liability and loss control audits.

I have 11+ years in the industry of building, producing, and managing a bank-owned personal lines book through a partnership with a large agency and community financial institution.

I started my insurance industry career in December of 1969 with the USF&G Insurance Company in their Louisville, Kentucky Branch Office. With over 40+years in the insurance business, I’ve been an Underwriting Manager, Sales Manager, Excess and Surplus Lines Underwriter, and an Independent Insurance Agent. I published several articles and conducted numerous seminars on the technical subjects of property and casualty insurance for both Insurance and Trade Associations on a state and national basis. Currently, I’m a Licensed Insurance Agent and Risk Manager in Texas. I founded Risk Management and Insurance Education Services in Austin, Texas, an independent company, which serves insurance companies, agents and insureds as an insurance consultant, educator and in litigation support.

With 45 years in the industry, I have served in the areas of loss control, underwriting, claims, underwriting management, agent, broker, and risk management consulting. I have also served as an expert witness in many areas including, but not limited to: Insurance Agent Standard of Care and Insurance Company Bad Faith.

I have been writing and presenting insurance education programs to the insurance industry for over 45 years. I formed Insurance Education & Training Associates (IETA) of Newport, Rhode Island in 2003, after serving the Independent Insurance Agents of Rhode Island (IIARI) for sixteen years; first as Director of Education and subsequently as Assistant Executive Vice President. This followed a lengthy career in both underwriting and sales with insurance agencies and companies. Even during my agency and company days, I created education courses to present to my peers as a volunteer instructor for IIARI. I am a technical insurance and agency management expert with the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s Virtual University. This role, coupled with my extensive background in both the agency and company ranks, and my love of teaching, adds a unique dimension and immediate and practical value to the programs I present to insurance professionals countrywide. I am also the author of Swiss-Re’s E&O program – “E&O Management – Meeting the Challenge of Change”.

I have been an independent insurance agent since 1987 and an agency owner since 2002. I obtained my CIC designation in 1996. I have taught coursework for the National Alliance in their CISR program since 2000, have presented in their CIC program since 2004, and in 2009 became a National Faculty Member of the Society of CIC. In 2021, I obtained my Certified Personal Risk Manager designation and am a presenter in that program. I have been called upon to offer insurance education in conferences and symposiums across the country over the last 20+ years.

I’ve spent 23 years in the insurance industry – seven as a commercial producer, three in commercial marketing, and have been head of commercial department operations since 2009.

I’ve had 42 years in the industry spent as a retail agent and agency principal.

I’ve been in the insurance industry for 40+ years. I am a founder and principal of Lyon Consulting Services, an independent Management Consulting and Educational firm. I utilize my expertise and experience associated with owning, operating, and managing a respected and profitable Insurance Agency in Northern New Jersey.

I’ve spent 42 years in the industry as an agency owner, as well as doing consulting work and education. I am currently the President of Correll Insurance Group, Hilton Head, SC.

I have 30+ years experience in the insurance industry, including being an independent insurance agent. My career focuses on insurance education. I’m currently the owner of Humphreys and Associates, which provides consulting and educational services to the insurance industry.

I’ve been in the industry for 43 years. I was the owner of Sanders Insurance Services in Ohio. I’m on the National Faculty for the National Alliance for Insurance Education and serve as faculty member for the CIC and CISR programs.