Bartosh Named Chairman Of ASCnet

NU Online News Service, Sept. 24, 1:04 p.m. EDT

Brian Bartosh, president of Top O' Michigan Insurance agency in Alpena, Mich., was elected the new chairman of Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the users group for Applied Systems agency management technology, during the association's annual meeting in Chicago last week.

He will assume the presidency on Jan. 1.

Mr. Bartosh joined Top O' Michigan Insurance, his father's agency, in 1979 as a sales representative. Today he serves as president and shareholder. His son, Tyler Bartosh, recently joined the agency as a third-generation agent. Top O' Michigan Insurance operates from 10 locations, providing personal, commercial and life services to their clients.

Mr. Bartosh has been involved with the users group since it was formed 25 years ago, a year after the agency installed its first Applied Systems agency management system. Throughout his career, he has worked tirelessly to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of his agency by implementing current technologies and workflows between agents and companies.

Mr. Bartosh has served a variety of users group roles, including presenter and member of the education, communications and interface committees. He was president of the users group from 1992 to 1994 and chaired its ASCnet Industry Solutions Committee. He also actively participates in other industry organizations, such as ACORD and IVANS, and sits on the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America's Agents Council for Technology (ACT).

Elected vice chairwoman was Maureen Boeing, vice president at Landmark Insurance Agency, in Cincinnati.

Ms. Boeing manages a staff of 18 at Landmark Insurance, an agency she helped to start in 1998. In addition, she services a large commercial lines book and handles the agency accounting and system administration. She has 15 years of industry experience, all as an Applied Systems agency management software user.

She has been involved with ASCnet since 1995, starting the group's Southwest Ohio Chapter that year and serving as chapter president for two years. Ms. Boeing has also been involved in national service, as part of the ASCnet Education Committee, as chairwoman of its chapters and communications committees, and in 2007 and 2008, on its national board of directors. As a certified presenter, she frequently shares her knowledge and expertise at local ASCnet chapter meetings and during TENCon.

Also elected to the group's 2011 officers' team were:

o Secretary: Phillip Tilley, with Tilley Insurance Agency, LLC, in Monett, Mo.

o Treasurer: John Warn, with Rue Insurance in Trenton, N.J.

o Immediate Past-Chairwoman: Lisa Parry Becker, with William B. Parry & Son, Ltd., in Langhorne, Pa.

All the newly elected leaders assume their posts Jan. 1.