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Bill Wilson is the Director of the Virtual University of the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA). He is the former Director of Education & Technical Affairs for the Insurors of Tennessee. He was previously employed by Insurance Services Office, Inc. and its subsidiary ISO Commercial Risk Services, Inc. as the manager of their field operations in Tennessee and Kentucky.Bill is a graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology with a B.S. degree in Fire Protection & Safety Engineering. He is a licensed insurance and surplus lines agent, and his professional affiliations have included past president of the Middle Tennessee Chapter of CPCU, PMLG of the Honorable Order of Blue Goose, International, member of the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) National Education Committee, member of the Certified Insurance Service Representative (CISR) National Advisory Committee, member of the Society of Insurance Trainers and Educators (SITE) and its SITE Journal editorial committee, member of the National Writers Association, chairman of the Tennessee Insurance Commissioner's Education Advisory Committee, member of the Middle Tennessee State University Insurance Liaison Committee, and member of the Nashville State Technical Institutes Financial Services Advisory Committee. He is listed in the International Who's Who of Professionals.Bill has served as a trainer and speaker for various organizations, including the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA national conventions and state convention programs and seminars in Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin), the CPCU Society national convention and chapter programs, the National Association of Insurance Women (NAIW), the Southern Agents Conference, and the Risk & Insurance Managers Society (RIMS).He has conducted hundreds of technical seminars, workshops and convention presentationsfrom Hawaii to Rhode Islandas well as programs on time management, presentation and public speaking skills, seminar development, and many others. He was the recipient of the 1996 L.P. McCord National Education Award for having the #1 ranked IIAA insurance education program in America. His "Presentation Skills for 'Unprofessional' Speakers" program presented at the 1997 National CPCU Society convention was the top rated of 27 presentations, including those of nationally reknowned speakers and celebrities...in 1998, his program was again the top rated session of the CPCU national convention.Bill has researched, developed, written, and published dozens of technical articles and manuals, and has authored articles in business and industry trade periodicals such as Presentations magazine, American Agent & Broker magazine, Independent Agent magazine, Tennessee Insuror magazine, Tennessee Business magazine, the CPCU Journal, and the SITE Journal.He has been cited as an expert resource/interviewee for local television and radio media, and has served as an expert witness in litigation. According to Nashville NBC television affiliate WSMV, "Bill Wilson is an expert when it comes to insurance." Dr. William T. Hold, president of the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors in Austin, Texas has said that, "Bill Wilson is recognized by his peers as one of the premier insurance educators in America."
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