Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina named Kelley L. Erstine chief executive officer.
Erstine assumed the association’s CEO responsibilities Oct. 15 and replaces Bob Bird upon his retirement after 25 years of service to IIANC.
Erstine served as executive vice president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas for eight years where his duties included managing the affairs of the association and directing the organization’s governmental affairs division. He also served as a member of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (Big “I”) National Governmental Affairs and State Governmental Affairs board.
Prior to being named IIANC’s new CEO, Erstine was the vice president of Institutional Advancement and Development at the University of Central Arkansas, a state institution of approximately 13,000 students located in Conway, Ark.
Source: Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina


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