Pursuant to 215 ILCS 5/431.3, Tom Ripperda, our training director, has been appointed to a 3-year term on the Continuing Education Advisory Council. as announced by Illinois Director of Insurance, Dana Popish Severinghaus.
Mr. Ripperda has over 52 years of insurance experience with the last 24 years as our training director and prior to that served as a District Manager and agency trainer. Tom is a graduate of Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville with a bachelor degree in marketing and holds the following insurance designation: Charter Life Underwriter, Chartered Financial Consultant, and Life Underwriters Training Council Fellow.