KANSAS INSURANCE NEWS
EMC BRANCH LEADERSHIP CHANGES
Resident vice president and Wichita branch manager, Mike
Akin, will retire from EMC on June 1, 2020, after 40 years
in the insurance industry. Matt Fellers will be promoted
to Assistant Branch Manager on March 2, followed by
a promotion to Branch Manager on June 1. During this
time, Mike and Matt will work closely together to ensure a
smooth leadership transition within the branch. GOING BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY
Fee Insurance Group’s Employee Benefits Practice Leader,
Sarah Sampson, was honored at the Wichita Business
Journal 2020 Human Resources Professional Awards.
Sarah was one of 25 awarded for going beyond her job
description to serve the best interest of her company and
employees.
KAIA WELCOMES E&O PROGRAM
MANAGER
KAIA announced Rob Fisher as the new
E&O Program Manager in February. Rob
will be focused on serving members’ needs in
this critical area. Rob may be familiar to many of you as he
has experience on both the carrier and the agency side in
Kansas. ANNUAL PRESIDENT’S GOLF CLASSIC ANNOUNCED
KAIA announced the 36th Annual President’s Golf Classic
will be April 26-27, 2020, at the Holton Country Club
and FireKeeper Golf Course. This four-person scramble
is designed to raise funds for the KAIA Young Agents of
Kansas. Sponsorships are available, contact Joan Sutton
at [email protected]
It’s one more way We Insure Peace of Mind.
Making it easier for our agency partners to
help their clients. That’s our inspiration for
creating our new Columbia Safeguard
businessowners product, and TouchPoint
System, our custom quoting platform.
Better service for your clients. Our new Columbia
Safeguard businessowners product replaces our
legacy Businessowners, Contractors, and Garage-
owners products.
System
Innovation
Stop typing, start quoting. Our new custom quoting
interface, the TouchPoint system provides a fast,
accurate quote online with less manual data entry.
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