Society of Insurance Premium Auditors, the American
Association of Managing General Agents, the Institute of
Work Comp Professionals, and the Chartered Property
Casualty Underwriter Society. Now he’s adding KAIA’s
Rural & Small Conference to the seemingly never-ending
list of engagements!
That list of accomplishments was more than enough for
KAIA to invite him to the Rural & Small Conference. But
there’s a cherry on top of those accomplishments with an
abundance of professional accolades, including the 2017
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries Brian Hey Prize and the
2019 Casualty Actuarial Society Charles A. Hachemeister
Prize as part of a professional collaboration with a diverse
group of professionals.
THE MAN WITH THE
MOST DESIGNATIONS
IN THE INDUSTRY
Chris Boggs visits with KIA&B and talks about his
path from independent agent to presenting at
KAIA’s 2020 Rural & Small Conference.
B
When KAIA says to register for 2020’s Rural & Small
Conference because of high-quality content and industry-
specific sessions, this is the guy that helps put some muscle
behind those statements. You’ll find Chris teaching three
courses: Understanding Commercial Property Underwriting
and C.O.P.E.; Employees, Independent Contractors,
General Contractors and Contractual Risk Transfer; and
3 Key CGL Issues You Can’t Afford to Ignore. But before
we get to Wichita, let’s learn a little more about the most
designated man in insurance.
K: What’s your first memory of KAIA?
C: Meeting (Dave) Hulcher at the MAIC conference. I’m
certain my first memory could have been better.
K: What has surprised you most about working
insurance?
C : That it is a sickness. Once you’re in, you never get out
because it’s a very interesting career. It’s an industry where
you take care of the public, see lots of cool things, and
have the opportunity to be involved in activities few other
people get to enjoy.
efore Chris Boggs entered the world of insurance,
he aspired to be an advertising copywriter. Lucky for
us, insurance crossed his path. His first experience
within the Big “I” was as an agent in Chapel Hill, North
Carolina, and a member of the Independent Insurance
Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) – where he earned most
of that alphabet soup in designations you find behind his
name. In a few years, Chris joined the team of IIANC as a
full-time instructor. In 2016, he took over Big “I’s” Virtual
University. K: What do you find most challenging about being
executive director of VU?
During his 29-year insurance career, Chris has authored
nearly 1,000 insurance and risk management-related
articles on a wide range of topics and written 15 insurance
and risk management books. say that because she might be reading this, but when you
find someone who is great to work with and for, you make
sure to tell others.
On top of his everyday responsibilities, Chris is a regular
speaker at industry events, including the National
Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, the National
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C: Staying on top of how each state addresses a specific
issue. This led me to begin adding state-by-state
spreadsheets to keep up with the various possibilities.
K: Who influenced your decision to work with VU?
C : Madelyn Flannagan is an awesome supervisor. I don’t
K: Tell us about some of the people you’ve met along
your path to leadership.
C : My mentor is Stuart Powell, the smartest insurance man