Mid-Year Workshop Registration to start on Friday!

Registration for the 2008 NAPSLO Mid-Year Educational Workshop will begin on Friday, November 30, and members will receive an email with information on how to register online.

The 2008 NAPSLO Mid-Year Workshop is scheduled for February 20-23, at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. Programs scheduled include a look at private equity firms impact on the industry and a preview of the 2008 elections.

Online registration
A link will be included in the email to direct members to a page on the NAPSLO website which will start the online registration process. Member login information will be included in the email and will be needed to access the web page. Members will be able to register and sign up for tours online (including the Derek Hughes/NAPSLO Educational Foundation Golf Invitational.)

Paper registration
Members will still be able to register by submitting a paper registration form. Registration materials, hotel forms, and the brochure will be available to download from the NAPSLO website.

Leonard Named to NAPSLO Board of Directors

David E. Leonard has been named to the NAPSLO Board of Directors to fill the unexpired term of Randy Jones who recently stepped down from the Board.

Mr. Leonard is Executive Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer of RSUI Group, Inc. He has 28 years experience in the P&C insurance industry and joined RSUI in December 1999.

His prior roles include Casualty Underwriting management for Crum & Forster Companies and Treaty Reinsurance Underwriting for Employers Reinsurance.

Mr. Leonard graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from East Carolina University and holds CPCU, ARe, AIAF and ARM designations. He has served on the NAPSLO Internship Committee and has been an instructor at the NAPSLO E&S School.

Committee Day Update– November 12-13, 2007

NAPSLO will notify committee volunteers shortly regarding their selection to serve on a committee. Notifications will also include information about Committee Day registration, scheduled for November 12-13 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. Registation will be handled online.

NAPSLO has nine committees and approximately 100 volunteer committee members. Each year a number committee members leave committee service, making room for new volunteers to join.

Current NAPSLO committees are as follows: Budget, Finance, Audit & Investment; Communications & Technology; Convention; Education; International; Internship; Legislative; Membership & Ethics; and Mid-Year Educational Workshop.

In addition, NAPSLO is adding a new committee whose members will educate students from their local colleges and universities, or alma mater, about surplus lines insurance and our industry. Initial committee members will name the committee and also create a Mission Statement for the committee.