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Education Leadership Professional Designation Individual & Professional Recognition Communicate with Confidence Networking Humanitarian/Public Service Opportunities |
Membership in Insurance Professionals of Greater Kansas City and the National Association of Insurance Women offers a number of benefits for insurance professionals and their employers. One of the most important benefits from belonging to IPGKC or NAIW is the educational opportunities available to their members. NAIW offers a variety of education programs for professional development and continuing education, such as Underwriting for Non-underwriters, Mentors and Proteges, and Time Management to name a few. At our monthly meetings guest speakers provide our members with new and topical information that can have an impact on you individually or on the insurance industry as a whole. Past topics have included the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act and upcoming model NAIC laws. The NAIW Education Foundation offers members scholarships to complete professional designation studies or college degrees in insurance or risk management related fields. Membership in Insurance Professionals of Greater Kansas City provides leadership opportunities for you by serving on the local board or chairing one of the committees. Time spent working as part of the leadership team sharpens your teambuilding skills helping you become a better leader in your career and preparing you for management positions and career advancement when a position becomes available. NAIW and Insurance Professionals of Greater Kansas City offers its members opportunities to earn two designations that recognize your professional commitment. CPIW and CPIM are the Certified Professional Insurance Woman and Certified Professional Insurance Man designations that are offered to members after belonging to NAIW for a minimum of two years. To qualify applicants must have been employed in the insurance industry for a minimum of five years and have completed one of the NAIW educational programs. For the more veteran members, NAIW and IPGKC offer the new DAE designation for a minimum of five years with continuous NAIW membership for those five years who meet the educational and participation criteria may apply for this designation. Individual and Professional Recognition Insurance Professionals of Greater Kansas City are proud to sponsor applicants for the annual professional awards that recognize the members excellence in the insurance and claims fields, their community involvement and their participation in the organization. Recipients of the Claims Professional of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Insurance Professional of the Year who receive this award at the local level go on to represent themselves, IPGKC and their employers on a regional and potentially national level. IPGKC is proud to be the organization where the 2001-2002 National Claims Professional and National Rookie of the Year belongs. One of the recognized educational programs for the CPIW/CPIM designation, it is one of the most popular educational programs offered for our members. Communicate with Confidence is a program developed to help the students better organize and present their thoughts, overcome stage fright when faced with public speaking, understand proper microphone etiquette, and prepare and deliver presentation. The students at the end of the five to ten week class period prepare and deliver a 3-minute speech on insurance or NAIW membership topics to their local organization. The selected speaker then goes on to present and compete in a "speak-off" at the State level and possibly above. Even if your position doesn't require you to speak in front of customers, skills learned in this course can help you with telephone conversations and allow you to present yourself in a more concise, organized and professional manner. Insurance Professionals of Greater Kansas City and NAIW offer its members an international network of insurance professionals and colleagues in all lines of insurance who can assist you. If you need a position, networking offers you employment opportunities. If you need to fill a position networking provides you with just the right person for that job. If you need an agent in a distant state to counter-sign a policy for you, contact one of your fellow members in that state. These are some of the professional benefits networking will provide you. But networking on a personal level will offer you some of the greatest friendships with other insurance professionals in your area, across the country or even the world. Humanitarian/Public Service Opportunities Insurance Professionals of Grater Kansas City is once again proud to participate in the Festival of Trees, a Christmas event whose proceeds benefit the Marillac Center. Insurance Professionals of Greater Kansas City offers members an opportunity to learn about other organizations in our community who need our help and to donate our time and money to give back to our community and to those less fortunate. This list of benefits is in no way complete or intended to be. Every member takes away something very personal and important to them by belonging to Insurance Professionals of Greater Kansas City. We know you will, too. Interested in learning more? Then Join Us!
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