Background
Ms. Koch is an agency management consultant, educator, and frequent speaker
at various industry meetings and events nationwide. She is president and CEO of
Agency Management Resource Group, a training, education, and management
consulting firm, serving various facets of the insurance and financial services
industries. She devotes most of her time to teaching those who are new to the
insurance industry, including producers, account managers, and underwriters,
and considers herself an "evangelist" for Independent Insurance
Agents, their insurance company partners, and all that is good about the
profession of insurance.
Ms. Koch served on the national advisory committee for the Insurance
Institute of America's Accredited Adviser in Insurance (AAI) program and
has authored and edited textbooks for that program. She served as a part-time
faculty member at Sacramento State University for over 10 years, teaching
courses in the school's Risk Management and Insurance program.
Ms. Koch is the cocreator of the Agribusiness
and Farm Insurance Specialist(AFIS®) certification, which she conceived and
created in conjunction with Dr. Emmett J Vaughan.