Powell to Retire from North Carolina Agents Group; Will Join Appalachian State University

The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) announced that E. Stuart Powell Jr., MA, CPCU, CIC, CLU, ChFC, ARM, AMIM, AAI, ARe, CRIS will retire on July 31, 2016 from his current position as vice president of Technical Affairs after serving 20 years as a staff member and 22 years as an agent member.

In August, Powell will join Appalachian State University’s Walker School of Business where he will teach courses in insurance and risk management and work with students through Appalachian’s Brantley Risk & Insurance Center.

During his 20+ year tenure at IIANC, Powell has also held the positions of director of Education, director of Special Projects, vice president of Insurance Operations and Technical Affairs, and interim chief executive officer.

“I am grateful for the opportunity to have served the members of IIANC for so many years. It has been a great relationship, and I will cherish the experience and the many friends that my work with IIANC has afforded me,” Powell said.

Aubie Knight, IIANC CEO, said Powell has been a “tremendous asset” to IIANC and its members. “While we will greatly miss his knowledge and insight, App State is gaining an excellent resource,” Knight said.

Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS, who is Wells Media’s vice president of education and director of Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance, formerly worked at IIANC and with Powell. Boggs is a fan.

“Stuart might be one of the smartest insurance people I know. … I consider him my mentor in the business,” Boggs told Insurance Journal in a March, 2015 interview. With Powell as a role model, Boggs says he has dedicated himself to a lifetime of learning and educating.

“He actually has more designations than I do,” said Boggs.

Source: IIANC

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