Engage 2025

Description

ENGAGE Convention & Tradeshow is a can’t miss event!

Join us for two days of camaraderie, connecting and earning CE along the way! Take part with fellow agents and industry colleagues for networking, inspiring speakers and memorable entertainment. 

Online registration closes October 10th! Contact Becca directly at bbredeson@piaw.org to register after October 10, 2025.

Attendee Pricing: $229 Agency PIA Member | $249 Company/Associate PIA Member | $329 Non-Members
Exhibitor Pricing: PIA Member Booth Fee $750 | Non-Member Booth Fee $1000 | Electric $75

All PIA supporting members and convention sponsors receive a registration allotment. Questions? Contact Amy Nitschke at anitschke@piaw.org.

WEDNESDAY 10/22 

Earning your CPIA? Begin your ENGAGE experience with the CPIA 2 course:

8:30 – 3:00 p.m.   **Separate registration required, Fee reduced to $95 with Engage Registration** 

PIAW Members: $199.00

PIAW Members: $95.00 with full registration for Engage 2025

Non-Members: $239.00

CPIA 2 Implement for Success     Register here   

Lori Rummelt, CIC, CPIA  
(7 CE 2 of 7 Ethics, Utica Approved, No Exam)    

CPIA registration includes printed notebook, state CE, lunch, light break items.

10:30 – 4:00 p.m. Exhibitor Set-Up

3:30 – 4:45 p.m.  Kick-off Session: Reinsurance Panel, Stephanie Gould Rabin, ACAS, MAAA, MSIOP – SVP and Chief Strategy Officer at Holborn
Paul Eaton. Strategy Leader II - Aon Strategy & Technology Group                                                                    Amy DeHart, SVP & Chief Actuary of SECURA

Moderator: Dan Wolfgram CPIA, AINS - Chief Operating Officer at Badger Mutual Insurance Company

5:00 – 6:30 p.m. (Re)Connect Trade Show & Happy Hour / Sponsored Beer, Wine & Soda. Cash Bar

6:45 – 7:45 p.m. Networking Buffet Dinner / Sponsored Beer, Wine, Soda, Cash Bar

8:00 – 10:00 p.m. NEW Dueling Pianos entertainers

THURSDAY 10/23 

7:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. PIA Registration Desk 

7:30 – 9:00 a.m.  Breakfast Buffet, PIA Prize Wheel, Bloody Mary Bar

8:30 – 9:30 a.m. PIA Annual Business Meeting & Elections

Breakout Sessions: Choose One 

9:45 – 11:45 a.m.  

“Building a Culture of Tiggers in a World of Eeyores.”

Cultivating positivity and high performance in workplace relationships

Robert “Bobby” Shomo, MBA, CIC - Shomo-Madsen Insurance, Iowa

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“Agency Claims Handling: The Do’s and Don’ts” 

An interactive, engaging discussion regarding the pivotal role insurance agents play when guiding their insureds through the claims process.

Martha Lester, MBA, AAI, AIC, CIC, CRM, CFE

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.   Sit Down Lunch and Legislative Address

1:45 – 3:00 p.m.     Navigating Complex Claims Panel

*Paige Summins – Claims Manager at Rockford Mutual Insurance Company
*Kellye Golden, CPCU, CIC – President at Wisconsin Mutual
*Dakota Knowler, AIC - Property Claim Manager at IMT Insurance

3:15 – 4:15 p.m.      CLOSING KEYNOTE “No Excuses“ with David Atkins

5:00 – 6:15 p.m.     PIA President Jon Strom’s Social / Sponsored Beer, Wine & Soda; Cash Bar

6:30 – 9:00 p.m.     Awards Dinner – A business casual event.

Close out the convention by celebrating the following:

             Last Year’s Name Tag Winners 

             OCSR of the Year

 Company Rep of the Year

 Stony Steinbach Achievement Award

 Ron Von Haden Agent of the Year