Armed Forces Insurance Announces Graduating Class of Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers Trainees

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. - Feb. 19, 2016 - PRLog -- Armed Forces Insurance (www.AFI.org) recently hosted a graduation ceremony for Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers (DVIC), the non-profit organization that helps train, educate and create meaningful employment opportunities within the insurance industry for disabled veterans. The two graduating disabled veterans who were sponsored by AFI to complete the DVIC training program, Teri Tolefree and Christopher Heaton, were each awarded their Certified Insurance Service Representative (CISR) designations. The CISR program, developed by The National Alliance for Insurance Education, is a CE credit-approved, nationally recognized designation that included five courses of study.

“I am so proud of our two recent graduates,” stated Kurt Seelbach, president and CEO of AFI. “They have each spent the last six months training and working toward the goal of achieving their CISR designation, and they each accomplished that. With their military training and insurance training combined, the have very successful careers ahead of them.”

DVIC relies on corporate donations and personal donations and to continue to support disabled veterans who go through the CISR training program. If you would like to sponsor a veteran or make a donation to DVIC, please visit DVIC.us or call 239.433.8523.

ABOUT DISABLED VETERANS INSURANCE CAREERS

Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers is a not for profit 501(C) 3 organization, established in 2011 with the mission to educate, train and create meaningful employment opportunities within the insurance industry for disabled veterans. The organization’s operating board consists of: retired U.S. Army Major General, James L. Dozier; Roger C. Mercado Jr. of Community Cooperative Inc.; Gary V. Trippe CIC, co-founder and chairman of Oswald Trippe and Co.; retired insurance agency executive Gay Trippe; John Pollock CIC, regional insurance president, Florida, Pennsylvania, Tennessee of BB&T Insurance Services, Inc.; retired U.S. Army Colonel Thomas A. Dials, chairman emeritus of the Armed Forces Insurance Corporation; Dr. J.R. Harding of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; former U.S. Air Force Captain and professional speaker, Wayne Smith; Todd E. Gates, chairman of Gates Construction; and retired U.S. Army Captain Jae Barclay of CRC Insurance Services. Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Gary L. Bryant is the president and CEO of DVIC. For additional information, call 239-433-8523 or visit DVIC.us.

ABOUT ARMED FORCES INSURANCE

   Since 1887, Armed Forces Insurance (AFI) has existed with a single, unwavering purpose: To protect the people who protect our nation. For more than 129 years, they've provided military homeowner insurance, military renter insurance, military auto insurance and much more to their members.AFI was originally formed, and continues to be led, by former military leaders who understand the unique challenges that come with military service. They proudly serve active, retired and former military personnel, their families, and civilian Department of Defense employees. For more information about AFI, call 1-800-495-8234 or visit AFI.org.