An even 100 students from across the nation and as far away as Brazil and China attended the NASBP William J. Angell Surety School and the Angell-Curtin Advanced Surety School Level III, held simultaneously in August in San Diego. There were 34 students in Level I and 33 in each of Levels II and III (the Angell-Curtin School).

At every NASBP School, the students in each class identify the student whom they consider to be the most outstanding pupil to receive a memento signed by all the members of the class and faculty. Receiving the coveted football in Level I, was Maxwell Miller of Great American Insurance Company in Rockland, MA. Level II selected Travis Schreiber of M3 Insurance in Madison, WI, to receive the football. In Level III, Ty Jones of Regions Insurance, Inc., in Ridgeland, MS, received a hardhat as a memento. See pictures below. For additional pictures, visit the NASBP’s Facebook page, by clicking here.

The Level III class held a lunch with guest speaker Nigel Cary, the former president of Cox Construction Co. located in Vista, CA. Cox Construction Co. is a small business that specializes in building construction work for government agencies in California and Nevada. Cary focused his remarks on the necessity of sound succession planning in a construction company, using the example of his own rise to the presidency of Cox due to the unexpected death of founder James M. Cox. Cary also revealed how he instituted his own succession plan so that he could retire and pass on the firm to the next generation of owners.

Additionally, Susan Hecker of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in San Francisco, attended the NASBP Angell-Curtin Advanced Surety School Level III as an observer to help provide feedback to faculty as they fine-tune the course. Hecker was drafted to help with several sessions, including the Level III Strategic Issues module and the Level II luncheon panel.

Registration for the NASBP Winter Session of Surety School will open in mid-September. The Winter School will be limited to Levels I and II and will be held at the Doubletree Hotel Greenway Plaza in Houston, TX. For more information about NASBP’s Surety School, visit nasbp.org.

Maxwell Miller, the Level I most outstanding pupil, pictured with the faculty (from left to right): Erle Benton,
Dedi Belis, Tom Padilla, Bob Shaw, and Don Appleby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Level II faculty with the most outstanding pupil. Pictured (from left to right): Bob Shaw, Dedi Belis,
Tom Padilla, Larry McMahon, MOP Travis Schreiber, Tom Durkin, Bud Herndon, and Matt Cashion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the Level III faculty with the most outstanding pupil. Pictured (from left to right): Bob Shaw,
Matt Cashion, Bud Herndon, Tom Padilla, Larry McMahon, MOP Ty Jones, Tom Durkin, Dedi Belis,
Susan Hecker, and Ralph Pulver.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More than a dozen NASBP members and affiliates helped teach the August School. They included:

Don Appleby, AFSB of Willis of Colorado, Inc. Dedi Belis of Seitlin – A Marsh & McLennan Agency Erle Benton, CPCU, AFSB of Cretcher Heartland, LLC Liz Bottemiller of The Hartford Fidelity & Surety Jeff Broyles of Beecher Carlson Insurance Agency, LLC Matt Cashion of The Cashion Company, Inc. Tom Durkin of Durkin & Durkin Insurance Agency, LLC Bud Herndon of CNA Surety Corporation Susan Karlan of ICW Group Jim Lareau, CPCU of Travelers Bond Fran McGrath, CPA, CFE of Liberty Mutual Surety Larry McMahon of Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. Tom Padilla of HUB International Insurance Services, Albuquerque, NM Ralph Pulver, AFSB of Travelers Bond Joe Ruch, CPA of Liberty Mutual Group Bob Shaw of Skillings – Shaw & Associates, Inc. Steve Swartz of South Coast Surety Insurance Services, Inc.