Background
Jack Hungelmann contributes articles on personal
risk management for IRMI.com.
Author of Insurance for
Dummies (2nd edition, Wiley Publishing, 2001, 2009), Mr. Hungelmann
has over 30 years of insurance experience. His practice consists of providing
both fee-based risk management and commission-based insurance services to
individuals who want and are willing to pay extra for added expertise and
services beyond traditional insurance agent services. He has done hundreds of
audits of personal insurance programs. He is regularly hired as a consultant by
consumers around the country seeking advice or problem-solving help regarding
every type of insurance related problem.
A frequent author, Mr. Hungelmann has written several articles for
American Agent and Broker and IRMI, as
well as having written the best-selling book Insurance for Dummies. For over 20 years, he
has written an insurance and personal risk management newsletter for his
clients, and since 2012, he has been writing a weekly insurance advice column
for consumers at Bankrate.com. He also taught classes for the Chartered
Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Certified Insurance Counselor
(CIC) designations.
Mr. Hungelmann received his BA from the University of Minnesota and has over
2,000 hours of insurance education, including earning the CPCU, CIC and ARe
designations. He has qualified for the CPCU Society's Continuing
Professional Development award every year since its inception.