Hotchkiss Insurance Agency, Inc. Announces Farrah Carlton as their Latest Associate to Earn Prestigious CIC Designation.DALLAS -- Hotchkiss Insurance Agency, Inc. (HIA HIA Høgskolen I Agder HIA Health Impact Assessment HIA Hot Ion Analyzer HIA Housing Industry Association (Australia) HIA Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (Canada) HIA Hemp Industries Association ), a leading provider of custom designed insurance programs and services to business, associations and franchise operations announced today that Farrah Carlton is their latest associate to earn her CIC CIC circulating immune complexes. CIC Circulating immune complexes. See Immune complexes. (Certified Insurance Counselors) designation from The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research in Austin, Texas. Earning a CIC designation requires that a student take all five CIC institutes and one Certified Risk Manager The certified risk manager designation is fairly new to the insurance risk management world. As of 2007 there are less than 2000 CRM's world wide. Risk Management is an ever growing field of endeavor, and it's a pragmatic extension of the domain of insurance. (CRM) course, pass all five CIC Institute examinations within five calendar years after completing the first CIC exam or pass any four CIC institute examinations plus any one of the five CRM course examinations within 5 calendar years after completing the first CIC or CRM exam. Ms. Carlton joined HIA in 1994 while a high school student. She continued working at HIA through college receiving her Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in finance from the University of Texas at Dallas History The university was originally started as a research arm of Texas Instruments as the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest in 1961. The institute (by then renamed the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies) which at the time was located at Southern Methodist . Currently Ms. Carlton is Operations Manager for the Home Builder Division at HIA. As such, Ms. Carlton is responsible for working with program carriers, overseeing the renewal process, examining audits and serving as account executive on major accounts. "Farrah brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our agency. Her diligence and dedication to learning all she can to be the best she can be is a tremendous asset to our agency," says Doug Hotchkiss, president of HIA. "Based on HIA's commitment to training, Farrah is an excellent example of what continuing education can help one achieve," he continues. "I have watched HIA continue to grow into the multi-location successful agency that it is over the past seven years and I am excited to see what the future holds for an organization committed to providing the best trained staff for our customers," say Ms. Carlton. "It is a pleasure and privilege to be part of such a high quality organization," she goes on to say. Currently Hotchkiss Insurance Agency ranks among the top five of Texas insurance agencies based on its number of CIC participants, with 47 CIC participants, 16 CICs, 40 CISR CISR Commission de l'Immigration et du Statut de Réfugié (immigration and refugee board of Canada) CISR Center for Information Systems Research CISR Certified Insurance Service Representative CISR Center for Intelligent Systems Research participants, 12 CISRs, 10 CRM participants, 1 CRM, 19 NCIM NCIM National Council of Industrial Meteorologists NCIM New Concepts in Marketing, Inc. NCIM National Council for Insurance Marketing participants, and 6 DSR participants for a total of 71 individuals that either participate in the educational programs or have achieved designations. Additional designations held by HIA associates include the prestigious Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) is considered to be the premier professional designation in property-casualty insurance and risk management. The rigorous curriculum includes eight (8) post-secondary undergraduate, or graduate-level courses covering topics such as (CPCU CPCU Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter CPCU Cardiac Progressive Care Unit CPCU Custody Pending Completion of Use ) from the American Institute for CPCU and Insurance Institute of America (IIA), as well as Associate in Risk Management Designation (ARM). For more information about this news release, contact Susan Shahon at HIA by email at sshahon@hiainc.com or by phone at 972-512-7760. For more information about Hotchkiss Insurance Agency, Inc. visit www.hiainc.com. About Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Founded in 1975, Hotchkiss Insurance Agency, Inc. (HIA) is an independent insurance agency offering a broad range of insurance products and services including commercial and personal insurance, life and health insurance, and workers' compensation. As a member of select associations and the recipient of many local and statewide endorsements, HIA has developed specialty programs for many industries including; general contractors, home builders, landscape and irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. contractors, nurseries, restaurants and churches. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, HIA has statewide locations in Houston, San Antonio, College Station, Hill Country, and Kingwood. |
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