PIANY Seeks Nominees For Scholarships

NU Online News Service, Sept. 25, 12:06 p.m.EDT?The Professional Insurance Agents of New York StateInc. in Albany, N.Y., said they are seeking customer servicerepresentatives to nominate for potential recipients of Arthur I.Moll and Bernard I. Kozel Memorial Scholarships.

Selected individuals will receive tuition to two CertifiedInsurance Service Representative seminars conducted by PIANY. Thedeadline for nominations is Dec. 12.

Arthur I. Moll was a past president of PIANY and PIA National.Bernard I. Kozel was a longtime member of the insuranceprofession.

"The CISR, developed by the Society of CISR, is a nationallyrecognized designation program for students who are committed totheir continuing education and career growth," said T.J. Derella,president of PIANY.

"This program is designed to help customer servicerepresentatives become more professional, productive andprofitable," said Mr. Derella.

To qualify, an applicant must have less than five years'experience in the insurance industry and be employed on a full-timebasis by a member of PIANY.

The awards will be presented to the recipients during PIANY's2004 Metro Regional Awareness Program in January.

Nomination forms can be obtained from the PIANY EducationDepartment at (800) 424-4244, or by logging on to PIANY's Web site,www.piaonline.org, andtyping EC10024 for quick access through Quick-Link.