Garry Kaufman, president of Galveston Insurance Associates, Galveston, Texas, was elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) for 2008-2009 during the 111th Annual Conference & Trade Show. His term begins Sept. 1.
Bryan Shofner, president of Shofner & Associates Insurance Agency Inc., a holding company that owns and operates Shofner, Lynch & Shulse Insurance & Bonds with offices in Texas and New Mexico, was elected president-elect.
After seven years in the pharmaceutical industry, Kaufman moved into the insurance world. He is currently chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee and is chair of IIAT Services Co. He serves on the Windstorm Task Force and the Catastrophe Response Task Force.
Kaufman also serves on the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Board of Directors of which he will be chairman in 2009, and he is on the FAIR Plan Governing Committee. Kaufman has also represented IIAT as a member of the IIAJC Golf Committee, as a regulatory liaison, as chair of the Agency Management Resources Committee and as a member of the Trusted Choice Advisory Council.
Furthermore, he has established a strong history in sales development and management and he has taken his expertise into the classroom where he is an instructor for IIAT’s Producer Development Program. Kaufman has also served as president of his local insurance association. He was named IIAT’s Young Agent of the Year in 2003.
Shofner is currently chairman of the IIAT IMPACT Regional Vice Presidents and serves on the Personnel Recruitment & Development Task Force. He has also served as chairman of the Small Agency Advisory Council and has served on the Volunteer Development Committee.
He has been a longtime member of his local, state and national independent insurance agents associations, and is past president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Lubbock. He has served as chairman of the Lubbock Big I Day Golf committee and chairman of the IIAT Independent Insurance Agents Junior Classic committee. Shofner was named IIAT Young Agent of the Year in 2001.
Having served one full 3-year term as an IIAT director, Shofner was again named to the Board in 2006 to fill the unexpired term of Garry Kaufman, who had been elected vice president.
Source: IIAT, www.iiat.org
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