We need your help!

The Insurance Education Institute (IEI) is involved in one of the most important projects it has undertaken in its 15-year history. The Choice-Chance-Control video and teaching unit, which has been the life-blood of IEI educational activities, must be replaced. The production company, Media Options, has been selected and the preliminary proposal has been approved. Now comes the challenge, as the cost for producing the video is substantial. So as not to jeopardize the on-going IEI programs, a special fund-raising campaign has been implemented to raise the required monies without reaching into IEI reserves. Progress to date has been significant, with over 65 percent of the total cost already committed. This is where we need your help!

It is important that every company understanding the importance of insurance education step up and make a commitment to help us achieve this significant objective. If you have not made your 2003 contribution, please do so now. And if you have made this year's donation, but have not participated in the special fund-raising effort, please consider a contribution to this most important project. We need your support.

On Friday, July 18, IEI's board of directors topped off their summer meeting (hosted by Board member Gordon Stewart, president of the Insurance Information Institute) with a luncheon with the teachers attending the IEI sponsored Insurance Education Institute at St. John's University in New York. Stephen Collesano, Vice President, American International Group, Inc. (AIG) hosted the luncheon. Board members and teachers alike expressed their appreciation for the opportunity to discuss the benefits of the institute program. Our heartfelt thanks to Stephen Collesano and Gordon Stewart for being such gracious hosts!