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“TRIBUTE TO JON A. JENSEN” mentioning Tim Scott was published in the Senate section on page S5097 on July 27.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
TRIBUTE TO JON A. JENSEN
Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize Mr. Jon Jensen as he nears the end of his term as the 115th chairman of the nation's largest insurance association, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, also known as the Big ``I.'' He has served an unprecedented 2-year term as chairman of the Big ``I'' due to the coronavirus pandemic's impact on association operations throughout most of 2020. Over the past 2 years, he has piloted the association through tumultuous times as a strong leader for independent insurance agents and small businesses across the country.
Jensen has made many contributions to the business community in South Carolina and the broader United States. A graduate from the Appalachian State University's insurance executive program, Jensen is currently the president and CEO of Correll Insurance Group, which has 28 offices in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Jensen has also chaired the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of South Carolina--
IIABSC--and received their Young Agent and Agent of the Year awards. Throughout his 12 insurance agencies, he employs approximately 300 South Carolinians across the State.
At the national association level, Jensen has served as chairman of the InsurPac committee and the government affairs committee. He has received two Big ``I'' Chairman's Awards and the Sidney O. Smith Award, the highest governmental affairs award given by the Big ``I.'' Jensen has also testified before Congress numerous times on topics such as flood insurance, agent licensing, and terrorism insurance. Additionally, he is a member of the TrustedChoice.com board and represents the Big ``I'' on the World Federation of Insurance Intermediaries, WFII. Jensen was sworn in as WFII's chairman in 2019 in Rome, the first time a Big ``I'' representative has chaired the organization.
As an active leader and philanthropist in his community, Jensen serves on the board of the Spartanburg Regional Foundation's--SRF--
cancer division, as well as SRF's grants and allocations committee, and he is a founding member of SRF's Legacy Society.
The State of South Carolina is proud of Jon Jensen and wishes him, his wife Julie, and his two children well following his successful term as chairman of the Big ``I.''
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