IEF Weekly E-Newsletter

Companies continue to ratchet up their annual contributions. In the early returns 23% of the contributors have increased their 2005 contributions and the net gain is over $7,000. We appreciate the excellent support.

We'd like to welcome ACE INA as a new general contributor to the Foundation. We also extend our thanks to those who have already increased their contribution for 2005:

As always, all contributions, large and small, are greatly appreciated and go toward the Foundation's mission of educating tomorrow's consumers about risk management and insurance principles.

Risk, Responsibility, Reality: How Insurance Works is a supplemental learning tool for high school teachers to educate students about insurance and risk management. This program is a DVD video with supplemental materials designed to explain the basics of insurance, especially as they are relevant to high school students now or in the foreseeable future, and help students apply them to everyday situations that they can relate to. The program also promotes personal responsibility as a route to controlling risk.

Click here to learn more about Risk, Responsibility, Reality

Click here to order the DVD

Click here to download the supplemental teacher's guide

For many years, IEI has relied heavily upon Choice-Chance-Control as our primary educational tool for teachers. Teachers use this video and accompanying teacher’s guide as an aid in the classroom to teach high school students about the role of insurance in society. We are told that teachers view this educational kit as the single most useful tool for teaching students about insurance.

Choice-Chance-Control has been in distribution for 16 years. Since it is important for the Foundation to provide up-to-date and current insurance information to teachers and their students, we have developed a NEW educational kit for teachers’ use. This new teaching tool is called Risk, Responsibility, Reality and it’s currently available for distribution. More...

Recently, South Asia was hit by a catastrophic natural disaster – a tsunami. Find out the impact on the insurance industry

For more information on a family disaster plan, how to assemble a supplies kit, how to protect your property, and more, click here

New information on the topics of renters insurance, disability insurance, workers compensation, fraud, service-learning and insurance careers has been added to the website for teachers to use in the classroom

The Insurance Education Institute (IEI) is once again proud to announce the competition for the James L. Osborne Insurance Educator of the Year Award for the year 2005. In honor of the organization's founder, this award will be presented to a high school teacher who demonstrates excellence in providing insurance education to our nation's high school students. More...

At the February Board of Directors meeting, a new slate of officers will be elected and four new board members will join the governance team. Paul Davies, Aon Re Worldwide will assume the Chairman's role from Jeff Harrold, Auto-Owners Insurance Company. Bill O'Donnell, CPCU, GE Insurance Solutions will become the Chairman-Elect and Tom Kearney, Benfield, Inc. will take over the Secretary/Treasurer position.

New board members are Barb Baurer, Country Financial; Jim Eldridge, American Family; Max Williamson, Scottsdale Insurance and Jim Jones, Illinois State University.

IEI expresses great appreciation to departing board member, Past Chair Sharon Heaton, Heaton Agency for her service, support and guidance to the Foundation for many years.