ABOUT US

THE SCHOOL :

The Insurance School of TampaBay originally was The Insurance School of Southwest Florida and was founded by Thomas Williams, CLU some twenty years ago. In 2022 Christopher Kazor, CIC, Lutcf, CDEI purchased the school, renamed it the Insurance School of TampaBay, and drastically changed the format from Classroom to online pre-recorded lectures/webinars.

Christopher Kazor

Online Learning and the internet were not new to Kazor. He was one of the first online instructors in 2001 for the Cooke Real Estate School, teaching Pre-License Florida Real Estate nights while teaching all lines of insurance for a large Insurance School, from 2000 until 2005.

Kazor is multi-licensed, initially receiving his Real Estate Sales license in 1984, his Life, Health, Variable Annuities, and Property Casualty License in 1985, and his Florida Real Estate Brokers license in 1992. In a recent interview, Kazor said, “There is a strong nexus between Real Estate and Insurance, and my background in both has given me a better understanding of each discipline.”

In 2005 Kazor started an online insurance agency where he employed video conferencing and placed insurance Kiosks to enhance sales. In 2017 he divested himself of all businesses to spend 100%  of his time with his wife of 28 years, stricken with Pancreatic Cancer.

After a three-year sabbatical, he began studying for his CDEI. The CDEI™  ( Certified Distance Education Instructor) program is designed to be used by persons preparing to teach professional and academic education courses via a variety of distance education for all disciplines.

Kazor is a graduate of Florida State University (FSU), co-founded AdViaTech (Advertising Via Technology ) in 2004, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. He has written Four Books, three fiction and one nonfiction “Demystifying Insurance”.

He sits on the Board of Directors of AdViaTech, and HelpingClicks, which now owns the Insurance School of TampaBay.

Faculty – Supervisor of Instructors

Michael Petruccelli – Bio TBP –

MICHAEL A. “Mike” PETRUCCELLI

EDUCATION

Western Kentucky University-Business Administration Louisiana State University-Graduate-Institute of Insurance Prudential Insurance Career School-Special Agent
New England Mutual Life-General Agency Career School
Florida 218 Life, Health, Annuity Florida 220 General Lines Florida Broker-Real Estate

LICENSURE
Florida 218 Life, Health, Annuity
Florida 220 General Lines
Florida Broker-Real Estate
Health Care Risk Manager
Florida 520- All lines Adjuster

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
PE TRUCCELLI, LTD-Offering Insurance Products and Risk Management consulting and services in Florida

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Present- Risk Management in Healthcare Industry and Public Sector Present-Instructor-Florida Risk Management Institute
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) Public Risk and lnsurance Management Association (PRIMA)
National Association Life Underwriters (NALU)

PETRUCCELLI, LTD FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE:

Americans with Disabilities Act Real Estate Syndication Business Acquisitions
Sales Training and Development, Production Management
Human Resource Development Employee Benefits
Real Estate Transportation Service
Retail
General Management, Research and Development, Business Consulting, Marketing
Strategic Planning and Development,Business Recovery Planning
Insurance Security Manufacturing Healthcare

PETRUCCELLI, LTD

General Management, Research and Development, Business Consulting Marketing
Strategic Planning and Development, Business Recovery Planning

Insurance Security Manufacturing Healthcare

Charles (Chuck) L . Robson, CIC –