NASBP Winter Surety School Outstanding Students Recognized

NASBP Winter Surety School Outstanding Students Recognized

Nearly 100 students from across the nation and as far away as China attended the William J. Angell Surety School held in January in Houston, Texas. There were 51 students in Level I and 43 students in Level II.

At every NASBP School, the students in each class identify the student whom they consider to be the most outstanding pupil (MOP) to receive a memento signed by all the members of the class and faculty. See pictures below. Receiving the coveted football in Level I Red Team was Ben Christian of Price & Ramey, Inc., Kingsport, TN. The Level I Yellow Team chose Bob Moore of First Niagara Risk Management, Inc., Rochester, NY. Level II Blue Team selected Griffin Willson, M&T Insurance Agency, Chevy Chase, MD, and Level II Green Team selected Mary Gerwer, CNA Surety Corporation of Sioux Falls, SD.

We would like to thank the NASBP members and affiliates who helped teach the school, dedicating their time and expertise once again for the benefit of the NASBP, the next generation of bond producers and underwriters, and the surety industry as a whole:

Dedi Belis of Seitlin – A Marsh & McLennan Agency – Levels I and II, all teams.
Erle Benton, CPCU, AFSB of Cretcher Heartland, LLC, Level I, Yellow Team.
Matt Cashion of The Cashion Company, Inc., Level I, Red and Yellow Teams.
David Castillo of Willis of Texas, Inc., Level I, Red Team and Level II, Green Team.
Ed Heine of PayneWest Insurance, Inc., Level II Blue and Green Teams.
Bud Herndon of CNA Surety Corporation, Level II, Green Team.
Jim Lareau, CPCU of Travelers Bond, Level II, Green Team.
Larry McMahon of Alliant Insurance Services, Inc., Level II, Blue Team.
Steven D. Nelson, SureTec Insurance Company, Level II, Blue and Green Teams.
Nick Newton of Newton Bonding, Level I, Yellow and Red Teams.
Tom Padilla of HUB International Insurance Services, Albuquerque, NM, Level II, Blue and Green Teams.
Ralph Pulver, AFSB of Travelers Bond, Level I, Blue Team.
Bob Shaw of Skillings – Shaw & Associates, Inc., Level II, Blue and Green Teams.

Ben Christian of Price & Ramey, Inc., Kingsport, TN, with (from left)
NASBP Professional Development Chair Bob Shaw, Professional
Development Vice Chair Dedi Belis, NASBP President Tom Padilla and
Level I Red Team primary instructors Matt Cashion and David Castillo.

Bob Moore of First Niagara Risk Management, Inc., Rochester, NY,
shows off his hard-earned football with (from left) NASBP Professional Development Chair Bob Shaw, Professional Development Vice Chair Dedi Belis, NASBP President Tom Padilla and Level I Yellow Team primary instructors Nick Newton and Erle Benton.

Level II Blue Team selected Griffin Willson, M&T Insurance Agency,
Chevy Chase, MD, who posed with a few faculty (from left): Larry
McMahon, NASBP President Tom Padilla, Professional Development
Vice Chair Dedi Belis and Professional Development Chair Bob Shaw.

Level II Green Team MOP Mary Gerwer, CNA Surety Corporation of Sioux Falls, SD, displays her trophy with (from left) NASBP President Tom Padilla, Professional Development Vice Chair Dedi Belis, Green Team faculty members Bud Herndon and Professional Development Chair Bob Shaw.

Publish Date

January 1, 2015

Issue

NASBP Pipeline – January/February 2015

Year

2015

Month

January