La. Agent to Lead National Assoc. of Professional Insurance Agents

Robert P. Page of Houma, La., has been installed as president of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA National), the trade association reported. Page’s one-year term of office as head of the national PIA began Oct. 1, 2007.

Page, co-owner of Charles A. Page and Sons Insurance Agency in Houma, has served on the PIA of Louisiana Board of Directors since 1996. With the state association, he has held the offices of secretary/treasurer, president-elect, president and national director of PIA of Louisiana.

During the past several years, Page held a succession of officer positions with PIA National, culminating with his current position as president. In addition, Page has served as chair of the PIA National Natural Catastrophe Task Force.

The Houma agent will serve on PIA National’s executive committee along with Donna L. Pile of Lexington, Ky., immediate past president; Kenneth R. Auerbach, Esq. of Eatontown, N.J., president-elect; Jon D. Spalding of Perry, Mich., vice president/treasurer; and Brian Marino of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., secretary/assistant treasurer.

Page has served as Agent Advisory Chairperson for the Louisiana Home Builders Self Insurers Fund and was a board member of the Southeast Louisiana Home Builders Association. He is currently serving on the Lafayette Insurance Company Agents Advisory Council and also serving on the Louisiana Workers Compensation Corp. Advisory Council.

He was the recipient of the 1998 American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) Award and was the 1996 and 1998 Louisiana Home Builders SIF Agent of the Year.

Page is also the 2002 recipient of PIA of Louisiana’s Agent of the Year Award.

Source: PIA, www.pianet.com