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(661) 588–1100

[email protected]

CSU Bakersfield SBDC
PO Box 12588
Bakersfield , CA 93389-2588

John Pryor, CPCU, ARM, AAI, AIS

Management Consultant


Mr. Pryor writes on continuous performance improvement for the Insurance Industry section of IRMI.com.

Mr. Pryor is CEO of his consulting firm and retired in 2006 as co-founder of Kern Insurance Associates, Inc. in Bakersfield, California. He began his insurance career in San Francisco in 1956 working for two insurance companies. In 1960, he joined his father's agency in Bakersfield which evolved into Kern Insurance Associates in 1970.

In addition, he co-founded in 1985 a highly innovative and separate personal lines agency (separate from Kern Insurance), Personal Express Insurance Services. Both firms are still prominent in the central California marketplace.

Today, he continues to serve as an independent consultant, not as a broker. His consulting practice includes working with business owners to continuously improve their insurance and risk management programs and, when claims or other problems arise, to help resolve them quickly and effectively without litigation. It also includes working with attorneys and CPAs to help them help their respective clients resolve "sticky" insurance issues. He also writes a monthly newsletter on current risk management and insurance issues—within the context of Deming's principles of quality management.

Mr. Pryor has been very active in the insurance industry. He is a past member of the Board of Trustees of the "Institutes" (AICPCU/IIA). He concluded a 5-year term on the board of governors of the CPCU Society in 2005. He was the founding chairman of the CPCU Society's Total Quality Special Interest Section and past president of the California "Big I" (now Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West).

He received his B.A. from San Jose State University. He is the 2004 recipient of the prestigious John Brock Community Service Award conferred by California State University Bakersfield.


Articles

Continuous Performance Improvement

How Risk Managers Can Prevent Active Shooters

June 15, 2022 | John Pryor

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Coronavirus Risk Management: Major Metrics Matter Most

September 04, 2020 | John Pryor

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Converging Risk and Quality Management in Light of COVID-19

June 05, 2020 | John Pryor

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Applying Risk Management Steps to Climate Change

January 17, 2020 | John Pryor

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Could Yours Be the Site of the Next Mass Shooting?

September 20, 2019 | John Pryor

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Curing Homelessness with Risk Management

May 10, 2019 | John Pryor

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Business Insurance Lessons Learned from California Wildfires

February 08, 2019 | John Pryor

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The Importance of Building a Safety Culture

July 13, 2018 | John Pryor

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Overlooked Risks of Hurricanes and Other Disasters

September 08, 2017 | John Pryor

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Why Risk Management and Quality Management Must Converge

June 14, 2014 | John Pryor

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Insurance Innovation—Balanced Scorecard

December 01, 2013 | John Pryor

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Insurance Innovation—An Oxymoron?

November 01, 2013 | John Pryor

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Deming's Deadly Diseases: Obstacles To Avoid So Deming's 14 Points Will Work for You

October 01, 2009 | John Pryor

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Deming's Point #14 as Applied to the Insurance Industry

January 01, 2009 | John Pryor

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Deming's Point #13 as Applied to the Insurance Industry

July 01, 2007 | John Pryor

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Deming's Point #12 as Applied to the Insurance Industry

January 01, 2007 | John Pryor

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Deming's Point #11 as Applied to the Insurance Industry

September 01, 2006 | John Pryor

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Deming's Point #10 as Applied to the Insurance Industry

June 01, 2006 | John Pryor

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Deming's Point #9 as Applied to the Insurance Industry

March 01, 2006 | John Pryor

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Deming's Point #8 as Applied to the Insurance Industry

December 01, 2005 | John Pryor

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Deming's Point #7 as Applied to the Insurance Industry

October 01, 2005 | John Pryor

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Deming's Point #6 as Applied to the Insurance Industry

July 01, 2005 | John Pryor

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Deming's Point #5 as Applied to the Insurance Industry

April 01, 2005 | John Pryor

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Tom Peters "Hates" Quality but "Loves" Its Principles and Practices

January 01, 2005 | John Pryor

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Demings's Point #4 as Applied to the Insurance Industry

September 01, 2004 | John Pryor

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Deming's Points #2 and #3 as They Apply to the Insurance Industry

June 01, 2004 | John Pryor

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Deming's Point #1 as It Applies to the Insurance Industry

March 01, 2004 | John Pryor

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Deming Disciples—Our Industry's Real Leaders?

February 01, 2004 | John Pryor