NU Online News Service, Dec. 2, 11:54 p.m. EST

John Bishop, president and CEO of Motorists Mutual Insurance Company, was elected to serve as 2010 chairman of the Griffith Insurance Education Foundation.

The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation is an educational nonprofit that provides risk management and insurance (RMI) education programs and resources for K-12 teachers and students, institutions of higher education, and public policymakers.

Mr. Bishop said, "Over 200 teachers and guidance counselors attended our Insurance Education Institutes, 31 Congressional staff attended our first Federal insurance education seminar series, and we completed our first full year conducting the National Conference of Insurance Legislators Institute for Insurance Policy, an insurance knowledge certification program for state legislators."

He added that, "The foundation is sound financially and we're looking forward to a great year ahead, continuing to expand our programs and broadening our geographic base."

Other officers elected were Eschol Curl, vice president, operations, State Farm Insurance Companies, as vice chairman; Michael Fusselbaugh, senior vice president, Hartford Steam Boiler, as secretary; and, Dana Rudmose, principal, Rudmose & Noller, Financial Advisors, as treasurer.

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