KIA&B 2019 March/April 2019 | Page 7

KANSAS AGENT NEWS Welcome New KAIA Members Haas & Wilkerson Insurance Agency Integro Asset Management Ryan Bina Insurance Services SouthWest Ag Insurance Keller Leopold Wins Business of the Year Congratulations to Keller Leopold Insurance located in Garden City. In March, they were awarded the title of Business of the Year. Our condolences The entire KAIA family and membership sends its deepest condolences to the Case & Son Insurance team on the recent passing of Rosse B. Case. Rosse became a partner in the firm on December 25, 1955 and was active in the agency for over 50 years. He served as Chairman of the Farm Committee for KAIA as well as several other industry committees. He is survived by his wife, Janice, three children, five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. ASCK has a new logo To coordinate with the new KAIA look introduced in our last KIA&B issue, here is the new ASCK logo that incorporates our Kansas roots and services provided. KIA&B_MarApr2019_Draft.indd 5 Challenges of Hiring in Kansas When speaking with our members, I routinely hear that their main challenge is hiring or finding quality talent. Earlier this month KAIA held a webinar with John Hill and Marc Longe from recruiting platform IdealTraits. KAIA encourages you to take a few minutes and listen to our recorded session at bit.ly/ IdealTraits2019 and share it with your hiring team. Again, this is designed specifically for independent agents with easy to use templates for agency positions (Producer, CSR, Operations, Sales, etc.) with just a few clicks. It also posts each position to over 100 sites including: Indeed, Google Jobs, Glassdoor and Zip Recruiter. Congratulations Fee Insurance Group On March 19th, Fee Insurance Group was among 16 Wichita businesses to receive the Family Business Award from the Whichita Business Journal. 4/19/2019 10:11:12 AM