Invest Introduces New Board Member

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 19 -- Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America issued the following news release:

InVEST, the insurance industry's premier classroom to career education program, recently announced that Jeremy Chaseley has joined its national board. Chaseley is CNA assistant vice president, producer and product development.

"InVEST is proud to announce Jeremy Chaseley has joined our distinguished group of board members," says Heather Minkler, InVEST board chair and CEO of Clark-Mortenson Agency, an independent agency in Keene, N.H. "Jeremy's industry development expertise and unique experience at CNA will be a huge asset to the InVEST board."

Chaseley joined CNA in 1997 and assumed roles of increasing responsibility; including serving as director of market research, and was promoted to his current position in 2007. His numerous responsibilities include agency relationship management and market research. He also leads efforts regarding the development of enterprise distribution channels and driving strategic and tactical efforts through the promotion of productive agency relationships, while advancing agency and business unit analysis. Chaseley earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Mississippi; a master's degree in finance from the University of Illinois'Liautaud School of Business; and completed Advance Leadership and Executive Programs at the Kellogg School of Management. "InVEST is critically important not just to the future of the independent agency system, but to the insurance industry as a whole," says Robert Rusbuldt, Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big "I") president & CEO. "Survey results from the Agency Universe Study by Future One (a collaboration of the Big 'I' and leading independent agency companies) pointed to InVEST as crucial to the future of the industry, with a majority of respondents stating the insurance industry should encourage high schools and community colleges to help students plan for insurance careers. Educators, volunteers, agents and industry leaders, like Jeremy Chaseley, are key to the success of this program."

As a 501(c)(3) educational trust, InVEST benefits from the support of numerous insurance organizations, hundreds of agencies, brokers and volunteers. The program provides the insurance industry with motivated, talented and intelligent professionals through a support structure of state associations, board members, national staff, teachers and the many industry professionals who work in the field as classroom liaisons.

Founded in 1970 and based in Alexandria, Va., InVEST promotes insurance education in order to attract individuals to pursue a career in the insurance industry. Each year, the program prepares thousands of students for insurance-related careers with a hands-on curriculum taught in high schools, adult education centers and community colleges. The high school curriculum is a business-education program that utilizes a hands-on approach which simulates an insurance agency and company operations to prepare students for various business careers and create more knowledgeable insurance consumers. At the college level, InVEST is an information-intensive curriculum of risk management and financial services. These courses provide students with a working knowledge of the basics needed to pursue careers in the insurance industry. For more information, go to www.investprogram.org.

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