Accredited Professional in Risk and Insurance (APRI®)
The Council, in partnership with The Institutes and the University of Georgia, has created a new industry designation designed specifically for commercial insurance brokerage – the Accredited Professional in Risk and Insurance (APRI). The APRI can be earned after fulfilling a series of requirements, including completion of The Council’s seven-month Insurance Professional School, which is the only school that accelerates the learning of top talent at brokerage firms, while allowing students to work fulltime and apply their skills on the job. Professionals who achieve this designation will have:
- The skills needed to handle the challenges and responsibilities of their job
- Enhanced credibility with clients, peers, and carriers
- Enhanced confidence which can help a firm retain good talent
As our client base becomes more and more sophisticated, our brokers must be able to differentiate themselves as true experts in our industry.
Those achieving the APRI will be considered to have a greater level of knowledge and specialization.
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Meet the Winter – 2023 APRI Designees
First Name
Last Name
Company
Danielle Allen Newfront Erica Audiss Newfront Vanessa Blake Newfront Chaz Diloreto Parallel Risk Advisors Justin Dockham Melcher & Prescott Insurance Trevor Fischer InterWest Insurance Services Adrina Flores Evan Frazier Jr. Henderson Brothers Inc Kaylee Gross Henderson Brothers Inc Matthew Harvey Houchens Insurance Group Michael Hnatkowsky Johnson Kendall Johnson (JKJ) Ryan Kiolbassa Newfront Cara Kunstler Woodruff Sawyer Conor McCabe Johnson Kendall Johnson (JKJ) Dustin Pitman InterWest Insurance Services Tiffany Purcell Woodruff Sawyer Dean Roberts Hylant Chandler Sears Houchens Insurance Group Megan Shaw Newfront Mary Steffan EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants Jackson Vitale Houchens Insurance Group -
Meet the 2022 APRI Designees
First Name
Last Name
Company
Jordan Atwater TrueNorth Companies Mira Bareis Morris & Garritano Insurance Agency John Becker MJ Insurance Kate Botkin Henderson Brothers Kellen Bouvier Bouvier Insurance Andrea Brucker Brown & Brown Carolyn Cavanaugh Graham Company Jordan Cowhey Cottingham & Butler Anthony Cutsforth Cottingham & Butler Jack Eubanks Marsh McLennan Agency Lanie Frias Hylant Group Spencer Friedman Alera Group Sandra Gomez Ferguson & McGuire Nicholas Hilgen Marsh McLennan Agency Christy Houk Morris & Garritano Insurance Agency Robyn Johns Cottingham & Butler Landon Lucansky CBIZ Insurance Services Ashlee Metcalf Cottingham & Butler Halie Mills MJ Insurance Shelby Mocnik Marsh McLennan Agency Wanda Mondry Oswald Companies Ryan Nehls HNI Risk Services Silvia Oriani Hylant Group Hunter Rappleye InterWest Insurance Services Delbert Redfield Hylant Group Sam Rodgers Hylant Group Kristine Sills Marsh McLennan Agency Jacob Simon MJ Insurance Ben Sweere Cottingham & Butler Jizelle Vado Heffernan Insurance Brokers Stephanie Winkleman MJ Insurance -
Meet the 2021 APRI Designees
First Name
Last Name
Company
Michael Adam Cottingham & Butler Alex Bill MJ Insurance Connor Carroll Cottingham & Butler Lucas Daniels Cottingham & Butler Nicole diLorenzo Newfront Insurance Adam Hartman MJ Insurance Sara Humphries Hylant Brandon Justin Cottingham & Butler Eleanor Ko Woodruff Sawyer Isaac Lintz Holmes, Murphy and Associates Chris Loewenberg Cottingham & Butler Justin Medlock Newfront Insurance Kelsey Mefferd Hylant Katherine Moritz AmWINS Group Terek Nesheim M3 Insurance Solutions Anthony Noel Cottingham & Butler Dominique Norton MJ Insurance Katie Nosik OneGroup Mike Olexsy Woodruff Sawyer Tosca Pinder Newfront Insurance Stephen Saddemi Hylant Coco Schoeller Newfront Insurance Jon Slusser MJ Insurance Matthew Timmons Cottingham & Butler Tanessa Turner Newfront Insurance David Velasco JGS Insurance Drew Wagner Cottingham & Butler Jake Weber Cottingham & Butler Chastity Wilson Newfront Insurance Klaudia Wrona Ed Broking Amber Yates Woodruff Sawyer -
Designation Tool Kit
More on the APRI®
The words used in naming the designation also have significance:
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- Accredited – giving official approval of and recognition as outstanding.
- Professional – someone in a specialized job which requires intense training and who holds themselves to the highest standards.
- Risk and Insurance are specified in the designation because they are the tools, used to allow the world to innovate.
The designation requirements are rigorous and carefully designed:
- Complete the 7-month Insurance Professional School
- Pass the two comprehensive exams at the end of Module One and Module Two of the Insurance Professional School. These exams were designed and administered by The Institutes.
- Successfully complete the Capstone Project at the conclusion of Module 2. This project is graded by the University of Georgia faculty, the number one ranked RMI program in the US (U.S. News & World Report).
- Submit a Professional Growth Plan. This Plan intentionally sets these APRI professionals on a path of continuous learning and professional development, with clearly identified next steps in their learning journey.
- Submit a Letter of Recommendation from their manager.
Once attained, designees have the right to use APRI on all business correspondence and business cards. This puts them in an elite group of professionals who have shown they can master the complicated concepts required to do their job.
Interested in achieving your APRI designation? Learn more about the Insurance Professional School at the link below.
