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Jay McKinstrey Named National Insurance Educator of the Year for 2001

Indianapolis (October 19, 2001) Jay McKinstrey, a business teacher and head football coach at Pella High School in Pella, Iowa, has been selected as the recipient of the James L. Osborne Insurance Educator of the Year award, so named in honor of the founder of The Insurance Education Institute (IEI).

As winner of the fourth annual competition sponsored by IEI, Mr. McKinstrey will be invited to serve on IEI's National Advisory Council of Secondary Teachers (NACST) and to be a judge for next year's insurance educator of the year competition. Both Mr. McKinstrey and his school will receive monetary awards in recognition of his achievement.

McKinstrey's entry to the competition included teaching strategies, lesson plans, and student activities created to teach high school students about insurance, enabling them to become knowledgeable insurance consumers in their adult lives. In preparation for this national competition, McKinstrey attended the Insurance Education Institute at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, in 1999.

October 19, 2001

The Insurance Education Institute is a nonprofit charitable organization devoted to improving public understanding of the role of insurance in society. The foundation pursues this mission primarily through the education of secondary school teachers and students.

For more information, contact IEI at 1-800-IEI-4811 or email info@IEI.org.