The Editorial Advisory Board of Claims has named Christine A.Sullivan, assistant vice president of Allstate Insurance,Professional of the Year. Christine will receive the Professionalof the Year Award at opening ceremonies of the ACEoSCLA Conference+ Exhibition in Chicago, Oct. 15.

Christine has been with the Allstate Insurance Company since1973. She began her career as a casualty claim adjuster in Bedford,NH. She held various claim management positions throughout the NewEngland Area and, in 1988, was promoted to territorial claimmanager in the New York Metro Region. In 1993, she transferred tothe home office as a director in P&C education, followed byassignments as a director in human resources shared services and adirector in the Property-Casualty Claim Service Organization.

In May 2000, Chris was promoted to assistant vice president inthe Property-Casualty Claim Service Organization. She hasresponsibility for first- and third-party casualty claim-handlingprocesses, practices, and procedures on a countrywide basis.

Chris earned her bachelors degree in economics and politicalscience from the University of New Hampshire in 1974 and is amember of Phi Beta Kappa. She earned her MBA degree in finance andmarketing from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1998.

Chris holds the AIM designation and earned a DistinguishedGraduate Award from the Insurance Institute in 1982. She earned herCPCU designation in 1989.

Chris currently is a member of the Insurance Research CouncilAdvisory Board, the National Claim Section Committee for theSociety of CPCU, the AIC and INS Advisory Committees for theInsurance Institute of America and the American Institute for CPCU,and the Chicago Northwest Suburban Chapter of CPCU. Previously, sheserved on the Chicago Northwest Chapter Board of Directors from1996-1999 and was candidate development director from 1994-1996.Prior to that Chris was a member of the New York Chapter of CPCU.She was also on the Board of Directors for the Insurance School ofChicago (1995-1998) and the Executive Advisory Committee, KatieSchool of Insurance, Illinois State University (1995-1998).

You can plan on joining us at the ACEoSCLA Conference +Exhibition in Chicago, Oct. 14-16, at the Hyatt Regency, where youcan help us celebrate Christine Sullivan's accomplishments andelevation as Professional of the Year. Visit our web site,www.claimsmag.com, for pre-conference registration information.