Wood Elected President of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas

The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected David Wood, vice president and partner at Bogan, Dunlap & Wood Insurance in Odessa, to serve as the association’s president for 2010-2011.

Other newly elected officers are:

• President-Elect Bob Shepard with Shepard Walton King Insurance Group, Harlingen;
• Vice President Patrick Watkins, president of Watkins Insurance Group, Austin;
• Secretary/Treasurer David VanDelinder, executive director of IIAT.

The new officers’ terms begin Sept. 1.

IIAT also installed three new directors to its board:

• Pat Arthur with the McQueary Henry Bowles Troy Agency in Dallas;
• Ramon Montalvo III with the Montalvo Insurance Agency in Weslaco;
• Rowdy Nutt with Bosworth & Associates in Tyler.

The new directors will begin three-year terms on Sept. 1.

Wood has served on the IIAT board of directors for five years, including president-elect of IIAT for 2009-2010. He has been an active member on various IIAT committees during the intervening years, serving as chairman of the IMPACT Regional Vice Presidents and the Budget and Finance Committee and as a member of the Volunteer Development Committee. Wood was also president of his local association in the late 1980s.

Wood began his insurance career working for United General Insurance Agency in Midland and in 1986, founded David Wood & Associates.

Shepard served most recently as chairman of the IMPACT Regional Vice Presidents and has served on the IIAT board of directors for four years, including vice-president of IIAT for 2009-2010. In addition, Shepard served as chairman of the IIAT Windstorm Task Force in 2008-2009. He currently serves on the board of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

In addition to serving on the board of directors, Watkins has served on numerous IIAT advisory councils including the Young Agent and Trusted Choice advisory councils and was named the IIAT Young Agent of the Year in 2005. Watkins holds the Certified Insurance Counselor and Certified Risk Manager professional designations and is past president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Austin.

Watkins joined Watkins Insurance Group in 1994 after growing up around his family’s insurance business. Over the last sixteen years, the agency has grown from a staff of four to nearly 100 full-time employees in seven Texas locations.

Source: IIAT

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