Great Lakes Chapter
(Includes the states of Illinois & Wisconsin)

Welcome to the Great Lakes Chapter Webpage

This area is your resource for information about past, current and future meetings, events and news. Please visit often as the information will be updated frequently.

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Members: Email and additional contact information for individuals listed below is available in the Online Membership Directory.

Chapter Officers

President Michael Hollar HIA, AIRC, ACS, LTCP, FLMI, CCP Combined Insurance Company of America 1000 North Milwaukee Avenue 6th Floor Glenview, IL 60025-2423 Phone: (847) 953-1531	Vice President Florence Marafatsos Fortress Insurance Company 6133 N River Road #650 Rosemont, IL 60018 Phone: (847) 653-8466 Toll Free: (800) 384-0062
Secretary Don Harrison Berkley Underwriting Partners, LLC 215 Shuman Blvd., Suite 200 Naperville, IL 60563 Phone: (630) 210-0351	Treasurer Lawrence G. Wilk, CIDM, AIE, CPCU Kingsway America, Inc. 150 Northwest Point Blvd. Suite 600 Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1015 Phone: (847) 700-9163
Regional Director Leanna K. Stokes American Family Life Insurance Company 6000 American Parkway Madison, WI 53783-0001 Phone: (608) 249-2111 x36003 Toll Free: (800) 692-6326	Past President Steve J. LeHew, JD, FLMI, AIRC, ACS Liability Forms and Research Coordinator Technical Center Zurich North America 1400 American Lane Schaumburg, IL 60196 Phone: (847) 605-6372

Committee Chairs

Membership Committee

Donna Peterson
Catholic Family Life Insurance
(414) 961-0500 x242



Chapter Webmaster:

Debbie Shortridge, HIA, ACP
Combined Insurance Company of America
(847) 953-1534

Meeting Dates/Info

No events scheduled at this time.

GREAT LAKES CHAPTER 2009 E-DAY
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Time: TBD
American Family Insurance Campus
Madison, WI

The Great Lakes Chapter of the AICP is in the midst of planning our next Education Day (E-Day) for Spring, 2009. While many of the details are tentative at this point, we do have a date and location as noted above.

NOTE: We will also have a Welcome Event prior to E-Day on the evening of Wednesday, March 25th at the Crowne Plaza in Madison. We will give you accommodation information as it becomes available.

We plan to have sessions of general interest as well as breakout sessions specific to Life & Health and Property & Casualty. We will also be inviting several regulators for planned Regulator Roundtable sessions. More details including Formal program notification and registration form will follow, but please mark your calendars now for this important event.

If you have any questions or are interested in volunteering to help plan this event, please contact Great Lakes Chapter Secretary Kate Manthey.

Contact: Donald Harrison

Past Chapter Meeting Minutes

11-14-08 Minutes
8-21-09 Minutes
6-20-08 Minutes
3-7-08 Minutes

12-06-2007 Minutes
09-14-2007 Minutes

Financial Report

11-14-08 Treasurer's Report (.pdf format)
8-21-09 Treasurer's Report (.pdf format)
6-20-08 Treasurer's Report (.pdf format)
3-7-08 Treasurer's Report (.pdf format)

12-6-07 Treasurer's Report (.pdf format)

Chapter Guidelines

Click here to view the Chapter Guidelines (.pdf format)