Kansas’ Fee Succeeds South Carolina’s Jensen as Chair of National Big ‘I’ Agents

The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) installed Kansas’ Bob Fee, president of Fee Insurance Group Inc. in Hutchinson, as 2021-22 Big “I” chair at the recent Big “I” Fall Leadership Conference in Kansas City.

Fee succeeds Chair Jon Jensen, of Correll Insurance in Spartanburg, South Carolina, who will remain on the Big “I” Executive Committee for an additional year as immediate past chair.

John Costello, USI Insurance Services, Rochester, New York, was installed as Big “I” chairman-elect and Michael McBride, Mason-McBride Inc., Troy, Michigan, became vice chair.

Fee has held numerous positions at both the state and national level for the Big “I.” At the state association level, he has served on the Kansas Association of Insurance Agents (KAIA) board of directors and as the Kansas director on the national association board. He has also served on several KAIA committees, including the Government Affairs Committee, and was the 2007-2008 KAIA president.

At the national level, Fee has served on the Government Affairs Committee and the Trusted Choice board of directors, including a term as the Trusted Choice board chairman. He received the Big “I” Chairman’s Citation in 2011.

Fee said a hallmark of his chairmanship will be enabling the association to be nimble. “Independent agencies have gone above and beyond the past year and a half in serving their communities through tough times, and that same resilience will carry us through the rapid-fire changes our industry is undergoing,” he said “During my term, we’ll focus on moving forward and remaining responsive to both challenges and opportunities.”

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