September 12, 2007/For Immediate Release
Release No. 09-07
Ten students selected for summer intern program
Ten students were selected to participate in NAPSLO's 2007 Summer Internship Program and will spend five weeks with a NAPSLO member surplus lines insurance company and four weeks with a NAPSLO member wholesale broker/agent.
The 2007 NAPSLO Summer Interns are as follows:
· Ashley Euper, Clio, Mich. A student at Olivet College with expected graduation May 2008. Her summer hosts are Scottsdale Ins. Co., Scottsdale, Ariz., and Swett & Crawford, Los Angeles.
· Joseph Hackler, Jr., Myrtle Beach, S.C. A student at University of South Carolina with expected graduation May 2008. His summer hosts are Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp., New York, and Colemont Ins. Brokers, Farmington, Conn.
· Joshua Hart, Gaylord, Mich. A student at Olivet College with expected graduation June 2008. His summer hosts are Evanston Insurance Co., Deerfield, Ill., and CRC, Chicago.
· David Kramar, Sellersville, Pa. A student at Temple University with expected graduation December 2008. His summer hosts are General Star Indemnity Co., Stamford, Conn., and Burns & Wilcox Ltd., Farmington Hills, Mich.
· Andrew Lansang, Rock Springs, Wyo. A student at Olivet College with expected graduation May 2008. Lansang’s summer hosts are Nautilus Insurance Group, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Partners Specialty Group, LLC, Kansas City, Mo.
· Katie Lyons, Pell City, Ala. A student at Troy University. She graduated in August 2006. Lyons summer hosts are Western World Insurance Group, Franklin Lakes, N.J., and AmWins Brokerage, New York.
· Sarah Proper, Coon Valley, Wis. A student at St. Mary’s University with expected graduation May 2008. Her summer hosts are Endurance Specialty Marketing Insurance Operations, Los Angeles, and Crump Insurance Services, Inc., Dallas.
· Eric Quinn, Port Huron, Mich. A student at Olivet College with expected graduation May 2008. His summer hosts are Markel Underwriting Managers, Red Bank, N.J., and Westrope, Kansas City, Mo.
· Karen Silverman, Philadelphia, Pa. A student at Temple University with expected graduation December 2007. Silverman’s summer hosts are American Safety Indemnity Company, and Insurance House, Inc., in Atlanta.
· Brittany Thompson, Elba, Ala. A student at Troy University with expected graduation May 2008. Her summer hosts are RLI, Peoria, Ill., and AmWins Brokerage, Chicago.
NAPSLO interns rotate throughout different departments and learn about all facets of the excess and surplus lines insurance business. In addition to travel and housing costs, NAPSLO pays a stipend and the host firms pay a competitive salary.
The internship program was created to attract new talent to the surplus lines insurance industry. Since the program's inception in 1981, it has sponsored over 160 interns and over 50 percent of the former interns are currently working in the industry, and many are employed by NAPSLO member firms.
The 2008 application deadline will be December 1st. Additional information and an on-line application will be posted on the NAPSLO web site (www.napslo.org) in the fall. Interested students may contact NAPSLO to be put on a waiting list for the materials. In addition, many university career services offices have the NAPSLO internship application and brochure.
Background
The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) is a national trade association representing the surplus lines insurance industry. Surplus lines insurance is a segment of the specialty insurance business that is also referred to as non-admitted, specialty and/or excess lines.
Coverage for risks is placed with the surplus lines market when it cannot be placed with standard carriers in the admitted/licensed market. NAPSLO represents surplus lines insurance agent/brokers and surplus lines companies and the Association has over 1,500 member firm offices in the United States, Canada, and England.
