The Fort Myers, Fla.-based Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers (DVIC) nonprofit said that each of its recent graduates have found employment in the insurance industry. 

DVIC awarded the three newly-hired disabled veterans — Nelson Acevedo-Diaz, Jordan Hess and Paul Dunaway — Certified Insurance Service Representative (CISR) designations on Feb. 4.

Acevedo-Diaz will work at the National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research in Austin, Texas; Hess will be working at RTI Insurance Services in Ft. Myers; and Dunaway is now employed by Rosier Insurance in Bonita Springs, Fla.

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Trudy Knockless

Trudy Knockless is a reporter on ALM Media's Business of Law desk.  She has a background serving legal and insurance publications. Contact her at [email protected] or on LinkedIn at Trudy Knockless.