J. Stephen Meziere was elected president of the Insurance Accounting & Systems Association for the group's 2006-2007 fiscal year. Meziere previously held management team, leadership, and volunteer positions within IASA during his many years of volunteering. Meziere is president of Dallas-based Life of America Insurance Company, a life and health carrier specializing in individual and group association major medical coverage.

"We are fortunate to have someone with the leadership skills, industry knowledge, and vast association experience as our president," says Joe Pomilia, IASA executive director. "Steve Meziere has served in a variety of key positions with the international operation of IASA and has the distinction of also having served as the president of two of our local chapters, Texas and Oklahoma."

Meziere has more than 25 years of experience working in the insurance industry. Prior to joining Life of America, he held top management positions with Continental Bankers Life Insurance, Guardian American Life Insurance, and Security General Life Insurance. "It is an honor to be named president of IASA and to be given the opportunity to lead this organization for the next year," Meziere says. "In the past few years we have seen the IASA grow to be the educational leader for the insurance industry. As we follow on the success of the education revolution IASA started this year, we look forward to even greater progress in the year to come."