leadership profile: Bob fee
Fee Insurance Group, Inc.
President & Chief Operating Officer
Hutchinson, Kansas
Newest Leadership Achievement:
Elected to the Big “I” National Executive Committee
Education:
Community & Civic Leadership:
University of Kansas, B.A. in Political Science
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center Foundation Board
New Beginnings Homeless Shelter Board
Delos Smith Foundation Board
Charles Carey Foundation Board
Baker Trust Foundation Board
Willowbrook City Council
Rotary Club (where he is also past president)
Past President of the YMCA Board
Past President of the Prairie Dunes Country Club Board
Past Board Chairman of the Hutchinson Reno Country Chamber
Past Board Chairman of the Kansas Cosmosphere
Elder at First Presbyterian Church in Hutchinson
Family:
Bob and his wife Annie have been married 26 years. They
have four children: Robert Jr. (23), Kathleen (20), Madelyn (17)
and Emily (14).
Professional Experience:
While in college Bob interned for a summer in Washington,
D.C., for then-Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. The next
summer he interned for Kansas Insurance Commissioner
Fletcher Bell. Bob began working with Fee Insurance in June
1987 and has been with them ever since.
Proudest Career Accomplishment:
Attaining the CPCU designation
Big “I” Leadership & Involvement:
• National Trusted Choice® Board, 2008-2012
• Trusted Choice® Chairman, 2009-2011
• IIABA Government Affairs Committee, 2014
• National Director for Kansas, 2013-present
• IIABA Chairman’s Award, 2011
KAIA Leadership & Involvement:
• 25+ years active involvement with KAIA
• President of KAIA, 2007-2008
• KAIA Board of Directors, 2000-2009, 2013-present
• Government Affairs Committee
• Young Agents
• Industry Partner Committee
• AScK Board of Directors
Top 3 priorities while serving on
the Big “I” Executive Committee:
• Grow membership
• Make sure our national association is financially sound
• Make sure our national association is offering the member
services that our members need and expect
What do you see as biggest challenge
facing the industry right now?
The lack of young people joining the industry at both the
company and agency level, which is creating a perpetuation
problem in local, independent agencies as well as for the
industry as a whole.
Why is it important for agents to
be involved with the Big “I” and KAIA?
The Big “I” and KAIA are our voice in Washington, D.C., and
Topeka, Kansas, when it comes to helping agents get heard.
They make sure legislatures, on a state as well as federal level,
know how things will affect insurance agencies in Kansas if they
pass certain bills.