Wis. Moore Recipient of National Young Insurance Professional Award

Michael J. Moore has been named the 2007 PIA National Young Insurance Professional of the Year. The award was presented March 31, 2007 by the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA).

Moore is executive vice president of Insurance Operations for Mortenson, Matzelle & Meldrum, Inc., a PIA member agency in Madison, Wis.

The PIA National Young Insurance Professional of the Year Award recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual under age 40. The award was presented during a luncheon ceremony March 31 in Arlington, Va.

Moore was honored for his many activities in support of professional insurance agents and his efforts to attract more young people into the insurance industry. In 2005, he took the lead in the development of a college intern program to place interns in independent agencies. He helped organize a consortium of educators and administrators from several independent colleges, universities and technical schools in Wisconsin to increase the insurance curriculum at those schools. Moore is a past president of PIA of Wisconsin.

PIA is a national trade association that represents member insurance agents and their employees who sell and service all kinds of insurance, but specialize in coverage of automobiles, homes and businesses.

Source: National Association of Professional Insurance Agents

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