- Bob Skow, CPCU, CAE
Speaker: Bob Skow, CPCU, CAE, CEO, Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa
Bob started his insurance career the day after graduation from Drake University. His first job was with Employers Mutual Insurance Companies claims. Bob joined IMT Insurance Company in 1975 and traveled the western part of the state as a claim adjuster.
Bob purchased his first of three insurance agencies in 1978. He operated Skow Insurance and Real Estate in Guthrie Center, Iowa until 1990 when he joined the Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa Association (IIAI).
He first ran for State Representative in 1980. He served in the Iowa House until 1988 as Assistant Majority Leader. Bob believes his greatest impact on the Iowa insurance industry happened in 1983 when he teamed with fellow insurance agent Roger Halvorson to pass landmark tort reform. He and Roger jointly drafted and floor managed Iowa’s comparative fault law, which is still recognized today as the model for other states’ laws.
Bob has taught insurance education classes since 1982 . When Bob joined IIAI in 1990, he was named Director of Education and Governmental Affairs. He also administered the Big “I” agents Errors and Omissions program. Bob began his lobbying career in 1990, and remains active today in the Iowa legislative process. In 1993, he was charged with organizing the state’s first health insurance purchasing cooperative, The Independent Health Alliance of Iowa, “A Health Insurance Purchasing Cooperative”. Not a very successful endeavor.
Bob was named the Chief Executive Officer of IIAI in 2002, a position he holds today. He earned his Charter Property Casualty Underwriter designation (CPCU) in 1979 and his Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation in 1996. He was named IIAI Young Agent of the Year in 1984, and served on numerous committees for the organization while an agent. Bob is a 2007 inductee into the Iowa Insurance Hall of Fame.
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