Insurance Institutes for Teachers Held Across U.S.

(Indianapolis IN, October 23, 2001) The Indianapolis based Insurance Education Foundation (IEI) sponsored insurance institutes for teachers this summer at five universities around the U.S. These two-week programs are designed for educators who teach insurance as a specific course or as part of another subject such as business, consumer education, economics, social science, drivers education, etc. Their purpose is to enable educators to become more effective in teaching insurance by providing the tools they need for understanding all forms of insurance with an emphasis on the relevance to high school students and their families.

One hundred forty-eight teachers from thirty-seven states attended this year's institutes and received scholarships covering the costs of three hours of graduate credit, on-campus room and board, and classroom materials.

The universities hosting the 2001 summer insurance institutes were Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa; California State University, Sacramento; St. John's University, School of Risk Management (formerly The College of Insurance), New York, New York; Illinois State University, Normal; and Florida State University, Tallahassee.

The Insurance Education Institute is a nonprofit charitable organization founded in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1988 whose goal is to improve the understanding of insurance and its role in society through the education of teachers and students.

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.