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Tom Davis
Troy Office of University Relations
334/670-3196
tomdavis@troy.edu
Office of University Relations
253 Adams Administration
Troy, AL 36082
(334) 670-3196
(334) 670-3274 (fax)
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STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS PRESS RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 1-334-670-3196 |
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annual risk management/insurance symposium planned Oct. 18-19 The Risk Management and Insurance Studies Program of Troy State University will hold its third annual Insurance Symposium on the TSU campus Oct.18-19. The event, which will feature presentations from prominent business and state agency representatives, is scheduled to begin at 8:15 a.m. on both days. Dr. Carol Jordan, Eminent Scholar in Risk Management and Insurance, said the symposium will "serve to introduce business students to insurance topics that are pertinent but generally are not covered in the classroom." The event will also afford participants the opportunity to interact with fellow university students and industry executives interested in students of insurance for possible jobs or internships. Dr. Jordan said the symposium will be of value to industry professionals as well, providing them with "interesting topics and the opportunity to earn eight hours of continuing education credit for the state of Alabama." Educational sessions are scheduled for all of Saturday, and the topics are "Terrorism Coverage and Captive Insurers," "Surplus Lines Insurance Regulation," "The Surplus Lines Distribution System," "Lloyd’s of London Worldwide Markets," and "Managing Your Insurance Career." Alabama’s Insurance Commissioner, David Parsons, will address attendees at the luncheon also planned for Saturday. Other presenters for this year’s symposium include George Trotti, Risk Manager for Coca-Cola Bottling; Kendel Lyman, Executive Director of Surplus Lines Association of Washington; Marcus Payne, retired COO of Crump Insurance Services and NAPSLO Educational Coordinator; Darragh Gray, Executive Director at Lloyd’s of London Worldwide Markets; Richard Bouhan, Executive Director of NAPSLO; and Amy Sabiers, Director of Training, Scottsdale Insurance. Dr. Jordan said she expects this year’s event to surpass the success of last year’s RMI symposium, which included students and professors from University of Georgia, Florida State University, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Southern Mississippi, University of North Texas, University of New Orleans, Virginia Commonwealth University, LSU-Shreveport, Mississippi State University, Middle Tennessee State University, and University of Louisiana-Monroe, in addition to students from TSU. For more information, or to register for the event, contact Dr. Jordan at (334) 670-3633 or log onto http://spectrum.troyst.edu/~rmi. |