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
Attended 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 –
Karin M. Woofter
KATHARINA (KARIN) M. WOOFTER
7230 Peck Ave. Anchorage AK 99504 907.201.3607 karinclu@yahoo.com
REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVE//TRAINING/MARKETING
∙ Project Management ∙ Writing & Public Speaking Skills ∙ Bilingual
Strategic Financial Planning Electronic Media Experience Commission Sales
Sense of Initiative/Urgency Team Leadership Ability to Delegate
Marketed and promoted money management programs and services through partnerships in non-profit and private sectors. Result: Developed new revenue sources for the agency and achieved strategic business objectives, increasing agency revenue by 15%.
Produced creative sales and advertising media for a national insurance sales force, and participated in product development, approval and national rollout. Result: Team leadership
to meet national company sales objectives.
Chaired the Public Relations leadership for the Society of Financial Service Professionals. Result: Built a positive image of the Society and gained consumer trust via public service announcements and charity events.
Researched and developed courses for classroom and online use approved by the Florida Department of Insurance and Financial Services. Instructor for these Life and Health Insurance courses. Result: Exceptionally positive student evaluations and a steady increase in the number of students taking our CE courses.
Taught eight-hour HUD-approved First Time Home Buyer classes in English and Spanish, including topics as budgeting, credit, mortgage products, using a realtor, inspections, home maintenance. Result: Participants better prepared to purchase and keep a home.
Coordinated and trained volunteer staff. Increased loyal and motivated volunteer base of professionals from four to 19 individuals. Result: Increased agency market penetration 30%.
Reviewed and assured sales support material complied with legal and ethical guidelines. Result: Effective sales materials marketed in compliance with industry requirements.
Trained, managed, and coached life and health insurance sales force, who qualified for annual sales achievement awards. Result: National recognition of the agency meeting sales quotas.
EDUCATION
Florida State University, Bachelor of Arts. Major: Spanish, Minor: Hotel and Restaurant Management. Lifetime member, FSU Alumni Association.
The American College—Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow (LUTCF).
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Society of Financial Service Professionals since 2002, Board of Directors ’05, ’06, ‘13
Certified Consumer Credit Counselor (CCCC), 1998- 2008
Licenses: 2-15 LHVA (active), Series 6, Series 63, passed the Series 65 (retired)
