James
E. Krist - Professional Vitae
November 1996
Education
- BBA
Financial Economics, 1992, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- MBA,
1995 Drake University, Des Moines, IA
- Certified
Insurance Counselor, Society of Certified Insurance Counselors, Austin
TX
Professional
Accomplishments
- Developed
Mass Marketing Insurance Program, Hawkeye Bancorporation, 1992
- 1993. Responsibilities for designing, analyzing, and
training participants in statewide bank holding company agency
base. Responsible for design for intra - company marketing between
wholly owned subsidiaries.
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- Vice
President, Professional Insurance Agents of Iowa, 1993 - 1987.
Des Moines, IA. Developed education programs for agents,
did market and member research for non profit agents' association.
Designed insurance company programs for statewide agency base
of agents for professional liability, and other wholesale insurance
programs.
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- Regional
Director, Metlife Marketing Corp, Metropolitan Life, New York,
New York. Des Moines, IA office. Designed and developed
from scratch brokerage marketing for Life, Health, and Property
- Casualty companies' products. Created marketing systems for
agents. Trained National brokerage directors on marketing and
training techniques.
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- President,
Bryton Financial, Vice President Marketing, Bryton Management
Corp. 1987 - 1989. Stockholder in privately held company.
Acquired eight agencies statewide. Designed cross selling and
cross compensation programs for agents. Created Financial Services
division form scratch.
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- Managing
Partner - Krist - Davis Insurance and Krist - Davis Real Estate.
1990 - 1993. Acquired existing insurance agencies, recruited
agents, negotiated all business arrangements. Built small acquisitions
to significance.
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- President,
The Krist Insurance Group, Inc. Des Moines, IA 1993 to present.
Operating divisions include : Krist Insurance Services, Krist
Risk Management, Krist Benefits, Krist Insurance Training, and
Krist Financial Services. Created from scratch multi - faceted
insurance organization. Built multi-million dollar company using
original systems.
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| The Krist
Insurance Group, Inc. experience includes: |
- Personal
Lines Mass Marketing with large statewide bank holding companies,
credit unions, and employer sponsored programs
- National
Mass Marketing through employer sponsored programs for personal
lines and Life / Health products.
- Association
marketing for Commercial Lines products
- International
experience in Commercial Lines marketing
- International
experience in training agents and brokers and risk managers in
creative insurance marketing
- International
experience in training agents, brokers and risk managers in sophisticated
areas of technical insurance products
- Utilization
of advanced data base marketing techniques following traditional
marketing mix penetration techniques
- Consulted
with Health insurers in Iowa for market penetration techniques
and market development
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Other
National Faculty - Society of Certified Insurance Counselors,
12 years.
Speaker / Lecturer - Drake University, Small Business Administration,
American Marketing Association, Insurance Women's Association, Independent
Insurance Agents of Iowa, 45 state associations nationwide, various
colleges.
Boards/
Committees
Board member, Animal Rescue League of Iowa
Consultant, Junior Achievement
Insurance Committee, Des Moines Golf & Country Club
Education Committee, Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa
Board member, Independent Insurance Agents of Des Moines
Memberships
Society of Certified Insurance Counselors
Academy of Producer Insurance Studies
Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa
Iowa Association of Life Underwriters
Des Moines Golf & Country Club
Rotary - Downtown Des Moines
Des Moines Business Exchange
Every Other Friday Breakfast Club
Professional
References
Dr. William Hold, CPCU, CLU, CIC President, Society of
Certified Insurance Counselors, Austin, TX
Dr. Ellen Thrower, President, College of Insurance, New York, New York
Dr. Ronald Anderson, CPCU, CLU, ARM, JD, CIC, President, Anderson Consulting,
Los Angeles, CA.
Theresa Vaughn, Insurance Commissioner, State of Iowa
Bruce Foudree, JD, Attorney, Previously Insurance Commissioner, State
of Iowa
William Hager, JD, President, National Counsel on Compensation Insurance,
Previously Insurance Commissioner, State of Iowa.
Dr. Bud Hughes, Previously Professor of Insurance, American College,
Bryn Mawr PA.
Dr. Ken Hollman, Professor of Insurance, Tennessee State University.
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