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STARTING OUT YOUNG High school co-op program opportunity leads to successful career in insurance By Elisabeth Boone, CPCU It’s a long way from high school to area president and client advocate, and that’s the path taken by Tabbatha Sipes, vice president of Assured Partners, who began her insurance career at age 17. “At the time, I didn’t realize that insurance was something I wanted to do long term,” Sipes says.
BLUE MOONS AND BAD BUGS NAIC endorses a federal mechanism to provide pandemic business interruption coverage “When the COVID-I9 pandemic began, many existing business interruption (BI) policies had exclusions for viruses or diseases and required physical damage to trigger coverage.” —NAIC Issue Brief By Kevin P. Hennosy Idioms announcing unlikely events add pepper to the world’s languages. Several tongues employ the phrase “When pigs fly.” The Fins say, “When the
Agency of the Year winners (from left): Brandon Ream and Grant Botma, Stewardship, Gilbert, Arizona; Randy Hulett and Mike Stansbury, Elite Insurance Solutions, Franklin, Tennessee; Heather Smyrl, Highpoint Insurance Group, Friendswood, Texas; and Diana and Juan Portillo and Eboné and Jeff Granger, Granger Financial, Sterling, Virginia. CELEBRATING AGENCY SUCCESS Leaders come together to honor award winners and discuss industry trends Following a four-year hiatus, principals and other independent agency leaders
SOCCER, FOOD AND FAITH Mother-daughter team goes international to win the 2022 Rough Notes Community Service Award By Alice Ashby Roettger “It is [all] for the children! Kids are kids all over the world. They want love. They need food. … Sometimes love looks like a soccer ball,” says Susan Shaw of the Shaw Insurance Agency in Hurst, Texas. And it is the Shaws’ “marriage” of family, faith, soccer
