
May 23rd - Insurance Industry night - White Sox vs. Twins at US Cellular Field
Cost $55 per person, includes one ticket plus food and drink on the Patio 90 minutes before game.
Bus (courtesy of JC Restoration) departs promptly at 4:30 pm; pick-up and drop-off at TW Group, Inc. 850 N. Cass Ave., Westmont, IL
Patio party from 5:40pm - 7:40pm. Game time is 7:10pm.
To reserve a spot, contact Debbie Taylor; space limited to the first 22 people.
May 30th - Chapter Luncheon
"Discovering Your Memory Power" to be presented by Rebecca Tanaka, Speaker and Training Coordination Manager from ZEHREN FRIEDMAN.
Hosted by State Farm 1400 Opus Place, Downers Grove, Ill.
The meeting runs 11:30 am-1 pm; the program starts at noon. The cost is $12 per person. To reserve a spot, contact Debbie Taylor.
June 20th - Chapter Luncheon
Dee Karis-Vossos, Fraud Investigation & Prevention Team, SIU, at CNA will talk about claim fraud trends.
Details on cost and locatiion being finalized; you may RSVP early to Debbie Taylor.
February Meeting photo

Guest speaker Bill Lowry (center, in glasses), who spoke at our February chapter luncheon meeting on Illinois's latetst workers compensation changes, with chapter board members (L-R) Regina Dienberg, secretary, Peter Quirk, immediate past president, Barry Zalane, vice president, Laurie Pegler, president, and Michael Saporito, treasurer.
Full house at State Farm for October meeting
Nearly 100 people turned out at the Downers Grove offices of State Farm to hear Richard Allender of the Illinois Department of Insurance (IDI) speak on "Communication Issues Between Policyholders and Insurers" at the West Suburban chapter's Oct. 19 general membership meeting.
Dick Allender has been has been an Illinois insurance regulator for all property/casualty lines since 1980, and is now an assistant deputy director in the IDI's P&C Consumer Assistance Division. Before joining the department, Mr. Allender worked as an independent insurance producer in Illinois, selling all lines of coverage for 10 years. He is seen in the green sport jacket in the picture below.

Chapter achieves "Gold" level in Circle of Excellence
Once again, the Chicago-West Suburban Chapter has achieved the Gold level of recognition in the 2010-11 CPCU Society Circle of Excellence program.
The Circle of Excellence measures how active a chapter has been in promoting the aims and activities of the CPCU Society.
Our chapter and others will be recognized at the Annual Meeting and Seminars in Las Vegas in a special Circle of Excellence display and during a Circle of Excellence Recognition Luncheon.
Congratulations and thanks to Peter Quirk, our immediate past president, and to everyone whose participation made this possible.
Chapter members recognized for 20 or more years as CPCUs

Several members of the Chicago West Suburban chapter were recognized at the May 18 meeting for having their CPCU designations for 20 years or more. Pictured from left to right are guest speaker Julie Rochman, chapter president Peter Quirk, and honorees Barry Zalane, Tony Leist, Gary Kohnke, Claudia Gamach, and Ralph Gianfrancesco.
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