In May, your company will start a new producer’s training program. This nine-month program provides new, licensed producers from our agency customers with insurance knowledge and a foundation in prospecting and selling skills to help them effectively solicit, write and maintain small- to midsized-commercial accounts.

Through a combination of online learning, virtual classroom sessions and two weeks of classroom training at Cincinnati’s headquarters, the new producers receive basic and advanced training on topics including our commercial package, business owners and other policies; rating and classifying risks; prospecting and selling; and partnering with our field representatives to build solid relationships.

We encourage and reward associates who continue their professional insurance education, earning credentials by meeting high academic, ethical and length-of-experience standards. Congratulations to associates who completed a series of courses to earn a major designation: Marcia Dean, Kim Garner, Brian McClure, Wayne McElroy, Laura Peters, Miriam Pope, Michael Sams and Kelby Wyse, Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU); John Bradburn and Todd Wing, Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU); Adam Davis, Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC).

The Above and Beyond the Call (ABC) Award recognizes exemplary productivity, service and quality in associates. Congratulations to quarterly 2011 ABC Award recipients Rick Harlan III, AIT, Senior Systems Engineer, IT Enterprise Content Management; and Edith Hudson, Senior Systems Analyst, IT Data Management & Reporting.