The AIMS Society elects new president, adds two new board members

The American Insurance Marketing and Sales (AIMS) Society announced that Robert Klinger of Klinger Insurance Group was elected president at the group’s annual meeting. They also announced two new board members: Lisa Parry Becker of William B. Parry & Son LTD and Quincy Branch of Branch Benefits Consultants.

“At the AIMS Society, we want to change insurance through education,” Klinger, president and CEO of Klinger Insurance Group, said in a statement. “Our goal is to share practical advice and skills that people can apply immediately to impact their careers. The privilege of serving in a leadership position for the AIMS Society allows me to take part in important decision-making and lobbying.”

The AIMS Society is dedicated exclusively to marketing and sales education for the insurance industry. Graduates of the AIMS Society Insurance Success Seminars curriculum earn the industry’s only sales-based insurance designation: the Certified Professional Insurance Agent (CPIA).

Related: U.S. Army veteran Robert Klinger’s journey to building a successful insurance agency

Industry ties

In addition to serving numerous local and regional charitable and business organizations, Klinger served for seven years on the board of directors of the Independent Agents & Brokers of Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. He is a regional director for the organization Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers.

Becker serves on the business committee of the ID Federation, a nonprofit coalition of insurance industry leaders committed to providing SignOn Once, a password management method for insurance business. In 2010, she served as the chair of the Applied User Group (then known as ASCnet) and remains active in the industry.

Branch is a member of the National African American Insurance Association and the Nevada Independent Insurance Agents. He has served on both the Nevada Young Agents Committee and the IIABA National Young Agents Committee. He has been named Nevada Young Agent of the Year and Nevada Person of the Year.

Related: Applications open for the 2019 NAAIA JL Tillman Scholarship