NIIA Names Schellin President

September 20, 2005

The Nevada Independent Insurance Agents recently elected a new Board of Directors and named a new president. Nevada Insurance Commissioner, Alice Molasky-Arman, announced the installation of the following newly elected officers:

President: Mike Schellin, Nevada Insurance Agency Company, Carson City

President Elect: Jim Ellett, James D. Ellett Insurance Agency, Reno

Vice President Russ Swain, George L. Brown Agency, Las Vegas

Past President: Tom Burns, Cragin & Pike, Inc., Las Vegas

State Nat’l Director: Fred Rogne, E.H. Hursh, Inc., Fallon

Legislative Chairman: Pam Brown, McFadden Insurance Agency, Las Vegas

Directors: Richard Jackson, Jackson Insurance Agency, Fernley
Wade Leavitt, Leavitt Insurance Agency, Las Vegas
Mike Menath, Mike Menath Insurance, Incline Village
Paul Richied, Richied & Associates, Inc., Reno
Mark Swarts, Swarts, Manning & Associates, Las Vegas

According to Alice Molasky-Arman, “Mike Schellin, the newly appointed president, has a long history in Nevada and in the Nevada Insurance business. He is a graduate of Wooster High School and UNR where he received his Master’s Degree in School Administration. Mike’s career includes an extensive history as a teacher and coach in the area. This experience has helped in preparing him for his career in the insurance business.”

Schellin’s past insurance experience read as a long list of accomplishments including; Life Underwriting Training Council I and II, State Farm Insurance Millionaire Club, 1978, 79, 80, 82 and 84, Past President and Director of the Nevada Independent Insurance Agents, author of IIANN ‘Companion Economics’ for Northern Nevada Agents, and Director, Nevada Independent Insurance Agents State Board for three years.

Schellin, President of Nevada Insurance Agency Company, a company with a long history in the state, incorporating in Nevada in 1935. The agency was formed for the purpose of engaging in the representation of insurance companies to solicit and service all forms of coverage they provided to clients.

The agency has since grown into one of the state’s largest, most respected, and quality-conscious agencies specializing in the handling of all lines of insurance for professionals and businesses of all sizes, as well as providing personal insurance needs in the areas of home, automobile and life, accident and health insurance. Nevada Insurance Agency Company serves clients in Nevada, California, Oregon, Utah, Montana, Arizona and Washington, with offices in Reno and Carson City.

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