About learninsurance.com

Insurance Pre-Licensing & Continuing Education School Online

learninsurance.com is a next generation provider of web-based compliance and e-learning solutions for all facets of the insurance industry. Our solutions are developed by authoritative experts and are designed to deliver fast and efficient results that empower our customers to a higher level of success through:

24X7 anytime, anywhere accessibility of job-critical online training
Quality instructional content validated by insurance industry experts
Interactive multimedia courses to keep learners engaged, not bored
Cutting-edge management technologies that drive bottom line success
Dedicated customer support, 7-days per week

learninsurance.com™ offers a complete catalog of self-paced, online insurance continuing education and pre-licensing courses as well as a full suite of robust management tools and technologies to help you and your organization achieve greater success.

Course Authors:

Michael T. Palermo, JD, CFP ®

Mike maintains a law practice in Lexington, Kentucky, concentrating in estate planning. He is one of only about 1,500 practicing attorney/Certified Financial Planner™ designees in the country. Mike also devotes a substantial portion of his time to writing and creating Web content on legal and financial planning topics, including educational course development, for a variety of personal and professional venues. He has been interviewed, quoted or featured by a wide assortment of consumer-oriented media outlets, including the Wall St. Journal (print and online editions), MarketWatch.com, USA Weekend, Christian Science Monitor, Family Money Magazine, SmartMoney.com, CNNfn.com and MSNBC.com. In cooperation with AARP, Mike is the author of "The AARP Crash Course in Estate Planning, the Essential Guide to Wills, Trusts and Your Personal Legacy," (December 2004, Sterling Publishing).

Les Carter

Les was an executive in the financial services industry who has served as a President of a commercial bank, and as an Executive Vice President of a special servicing company. He has 20 years of commercial and mortgage banking experience including starting four companies: a commercial bank, a consulting company, a loan servicing company, and a consumer collection agency. Most recently, before joining 360training, Les was an Executive Vice President of The Ontra Companies in Austin, TX, a nationally recognized holding company with interests in special servicing and loan originations.

Barbara CB Harrington, LUTCF

Barbara CB Harrington is the former Director and founder of Harrington School, a pre-licensing school and is the current Director and founder of Harrington Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. Harrington Center offers Continuing Education Training to Insurance agents as well as compliance services to Mutual Fund and Insurance Companies. Barbara has authored over 45 continuing education courses for the insurance and securities field and has been a consistent guest lecturer on both subjects. She is licensed in Life, Health, Property & Casualty, and Securities. She also specialized for 15 years in the field of Pension and Estate Planning.

Matt H. Evans, CPA, CMA, CFM

Matt has 15 years in financial management, including performance measurement systems, due diligence, strategic planning, and value-based management. He has a diverse background in several sectors - private companies, public companies, government, nonprofits, and educational including a solid understanding of overall technology, including Virtual Private Networks, 3G Wireless technology, Portals, and Web Services. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Louisiana State University.

Jack Kinder, Jr. and Garry D. Kinder

Jack and Garry Kinder are in private practice as sales and sales management consultants to several hundred corporations throughout the world in North and South America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. Before entering the business world, Jack was an athletic coach in Chicago. He was a salesman in Illinois with The Equitable. He became an agency head with The Equitable in Louisville, in 1962. A year later, Jack was selected as Equitable's Young Manager of the Year. Later, Jack managed Equitable's leading sales organization in Detroit. He became a Regional Vice President in Chicago and, also, served as a Vice President in Equitable's Home Office in New York City. Jack serves on several boards and is listed in Who's Who in American Business. He has also been a Qualifying Member of the Million Dollar Round Table. Garry's experience in life insurance began at the age of 20. He began selling for The Equitable when he was a junior in college. He graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University. Garry became the youngest agent in Illinois to achieve membership in the Million Dollar Round Table. After spending five years as an agent, he became a Field Manager in Bloomington, Illinois; Akron, Ohio; and Detroit, Michigan. He was eventually named Regional Vice President for The Equitable in Dallas. Today he still maintains an agent's license with the Equitable. Their company has developed many CD ROMS, audio and video cassettes on attitude building, sales strategy and personal effectiveness.

Trey Wood

Trey is a partner with the Houston law firm Alaniz and Schraeder, L.L.P., which concentrates its practice in the exclusive representation of management in the area of Labor and Employment Law. He has been practicing as a trial attorney since 1988 and has extensive experience in counseling clients on all aspects of the employer/employee relationship. He has tried many employment cases in both federal and state courts across the country. Mr. Wood has also represented clients before various state and federal agencies such as the EEOC, OSHA, Department of Labor, the Texas Commission on Human Rights and the Texas Workforce Commission. Recently, Mr. Wood testified in national hearings before the Department of Labor in opposition to OSHA's proposed ergonomics standard. Mr. Wood is a member of the American Bar Association, the Civil Trial and Labor and Employment sections of the State Bar, as well as the Texas Association of Defense Counsel and the Houston Bar Association. Mr. Wood is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in the area of Labor and Employment Law and is a frequent speaker before various trade organizations on all aspects of employment law. He has gratuitously provided continuing education for both the IIAH as well as several of our member agencies since 1997.