CPCU Officer Installation Reception 6-22-2010 at Jackson Country Club.

2010 – 2011 Incoming Officers  

President Derek Rooker

President-Elect Jeff Magee

Vice-President Scott Catington

Treasurer Frank Scott

Secretary Karen Burgess

Past President Donna Rademacher 

Our June meeting was devoted to Candidate Development.

Our speakers were: 

·        Tom Quaka, CPCU – Brierfield-FCCI Group

·        Bill Bryson, CPCU – Bryson Insurance Agency

< please click on the photo above to be directed to a photo gallery of this event>

 Once again this Holiday Season, the Mississippi Magnolia Chapter of CPCU Society has given our Good Works donation to the Blair E Batson Hospital for Children.  Here, Chapter President Donna Rademacher, left, and Shelby Melvin, chairman of Good Works committee, right, offer to Jennifer Lott, Child Life Coordinator of Blair E Batson, our chapter's pledge to provide Santa Claus presents for the children recovering in the state of Mississippi's only children's charity hospital.

Below, Chapter Treasurer Frank Scott and Chapter President Donna Rademacher make good on our pledge, delivering a generous gift card in time for Christmas!

The Mississippi Magnolia Chapter of the CPCU Society welcomes new members and new designees, Amy Smith, left, and Dian Lewis, right, both of Ross and Yerger Insurance, Inc., who celebrated their local conferment from national governor Dave Medvidofsky at our 2009 New Designee Reception at the Country Club of Jackon on September 29, 2009.  Congratulations, new designees!  Please click on photo for a picture gallery.

The Mississippi Magnolia Chapter of the CPCU Society in conjunction with with the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters sponsored the Mississippi I-Day event on September 24, 2009.  Mississippi I-Day is our state's premier insurance education promotion and training day.  Jeff McGee (right), our chapter Vice President, exhibited all day at the event, pictured here with Chapter President Donna Rademacher (center) and past president Mark Mays (left).   Our chapter provided education promotion materials, specialty items, and encouragement to over 150 college insurance majors from three major Mississippi universities and to over 200 insurance professionals at the event.  We promoted chapter visibility, connected with local insurance employers and with insurance education providers, as well as the young professionals of the future in these students.  We had fun, too!  :)

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Mississippi Magnolia Chapter of the CPCU Society officers for 2010-11:  Karen Burgess, Secretary, Derek Rooker, President, Jeff Magee, President-elect, Scott Catington, Vice-President, Donna Rademacher, Past President, Frank Scott, Treasurer  (l to r)

To:       2009-2010 Chapter President

Donna L. Rademacher, CPCU

RE:      2009-2010 Circle of Excellence

cc:        2010-2011 Chapter President

Derek A. Rooker, CPCU

I am pleased to announce that the Mississippi Magnolia Chapter has qualified for the 2009-2010 CPCU Society Circle of Excellence.  Your chapter has achieved the Gold level of recognition in this comprehensive program.  Congratulations!

Thank you for your dedication of time and talent this past year.  Please extend our congratulations to your leadership team and all chapter members who planned and participated in your many activities during the year.

In August, your chapter’s 2009-2010 Gold Circle will be mailed to your 2010-2011 chapter president.  Please insert your circle into the Circle of Excellence plaque you were sent previously and display it at chapter events.  Make sure all your members are aware of this recognition and its significance.  Plan time during your upcoming Conferment or I-Day program for a presentation ceremony. 

The Mississippi Magnolia Chapter will also be recognized at the Annual Meeting and Seminars in Orlando in a special Circle of Excellence display in the registration area and during the Circle of Excellence Recognition Luncheon.  A formal invitation with details regarding the luncheon will be sent to you this summer.

Best wishes to the Mississippi Magnolia Chapter for continued success!

Sincerely,

Barry R. Midwood, CPCU

Vice President – Chapter and Professional Development

CPCU Society

At our January 2010 Legislative Update Luncheon special guest Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney provided information about the current session.  Above, l to r, President-elect Derek Rooker, Mike Chaney, and Chapter President Donna Rademacher.

We are supposed to add value to Society members, right?  Mississippi Magnolia found a way to reach out to its struggling neighbor chapter, with an effective merger.  We welcome former members of the East MS Chapter!

 Fifteen dues-paying CPCU Society members were part of a dormant chapter that had not met in over three years (East Mississippi).   Then-president of Mississippi Magnolia Chapter W. Mark Mays, CPCU met with Society governor Dave Medvidofsky at the annual meeting in Philadelphia in September of 2008 to discuss the current status and share ideas on how to best serve these Society members with a basically inactive chapter.  Dave worked with former chapter leaders of East Mississippi and current chapter leaders of the nearby Mississippi Magnolia Chapter to work on a resolution of the problem. Mississippi Magnolia wanted to encourage merging in order to provide vibrant chapter support to these un-served society members.  After some great ideas and some basic negotiations, ultimately The CPCU Society settled upon closure of the East Mississippi chapter by vote of the board in 2009, with the understanding of a commitment to personal outreach by Mississippi Magnolia leaders to encourage participation and connection. 

“We have already had one member join us for a chapter meeting luncheon and are currently planning two visits to Meridian, MS to personally invite former members of East MS to become actively involved in their new chapter,” said chapter officer, past-president Mays.  “All we wanted in this is to provide the same wonderful chapter membership experience we enjoy to some Society members who have not felt that in a while.  We love our chapter and are grateful for the opportunity to share this with East Mississippi CPCU’s.”

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