Resume

Van E. Hedges

P r o f e s s i o n a l E x p e r i e n c e

President – Southern Insurance Consulting	2000 –
Adjunct Professor of Insurance – The University of Mississippi	2000 –
Faculty – National Alliance for Insurance Education	2011 –
President – Magnolia Insurance Company	1999 – 2007
President – The Southern Insurance Group	1988 – 2000
Vice-President – Fred Vann & Company Insurance	1977 – 1988
Licensed Insurance Agent – The State of Mississippi	1972 –
Board of Directors – Independent Insurance Agents of MS	1997 –
Board of Directors – Associated Insurors of Mississippi	1991 – 2009
Board of Directors – Mississippi Insurance Managers (MIM)	2003 – 2009
Board of Directors – Blue Goose (Agency Management ASP)	2003 – 2006

P r o f e s s i o n a l D e s i g n a t i o n s

Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter	CPCU
Chartered Financial Consultant	ChFC
Chartered Life Underwriter	CLU
Certified Risk Manager	CRM
Certified Insurance Counselor	CIC
Accredited Adviser in Insurance	AAI

E d u c a t i o n

Georgia State University – Atlanta, Georgia Master of Insurance	August 1977
The University of Mississippi – Oxford, Mississippi Bachelor of Business Administration	May 1975

Honors and Activities: Hall of Fame; Who’s Who; Director of Student Activities; Omicron Delta Kappa; Gamma Iota Sigma; V.P., Alpha Tau Omega; Judicial Council; University Scholar; Summer Session Student Body President; Chairman, College Republicans

P r o f e s s i o n a l A n d C i v i c A c t i v i t i e s

President – The American Association of Insurance Management Consultants*
President – Independent Insurance Agents of Mississippi
Co-Chairman – I.I.A.M. Workers’ Compensation Task Force
Co-Author – Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Source Book
Chairman – USF&G Mississippi Agents Advisory Council
Chairman – University of Mississippi Insurance Advisory Board
President – Independent Insurance Agents of Northeast Mississippi
Member – USF&G National Agents Advisory Council
Member – Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Agency Management Committee
Member – CPCU Society – Consulting, Litigation, & Expert Witness Section*
Member – Society of Certified Insurance Counselors*
Member – The American Association of Insurance Management Consultants*
Member – National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts*

Ruling Elder and Trustee – First Presbyterian Church of Corinth*
Chairman – Board of Deacons, First Presbyterian Church of Corinth
President – Corinth Rotary Club / Paul Harris Fellow
President – United Way of Corinth and Alcorn County
President – Corinth Area Arts Council
President – Alcorn County Cancer Society
President – Corinth Business Association
President – Corinthian Capital Corporation
Chairman – Friends of the Siege and Battle of Corinth
Chairman – Corinth Preservation Commission
Chairman – Trustees of Dorothy Garrett Girl Scout Camp*
Chairman – Board of Vino del Sol, Inc.*
Chairman – Board of Emagex, Inc.
Board of Directors – Corinth / Alcorn Area Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors – Leadership Mississippi
Board of Directors – Mississippi Cancer Society
Board of Directors – Mississippi Business & Industry Political Education Committee*
Board of Directors – George McLean Leadership Institute
Board of Directors – Northeast Mississippi Community Concert Association
Board of Directors – Corinth Theater Arts
Board of Directors – Thinksystems, Inc.
Board of Directors – CrossRoads Access, Inc.
Executive Committee – Mississippi Republican Party
Delegate – 1988 National Republican Convention
University of Mississippi Business Advisory Board*
Barksdale Reading Institute Volunteer Tutor

* Current Activities

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