67th Annual Sales Congress
What the future holds:
what all health insurance brokers should be
thinking about to keep their practices on track
2009 Sales Congress highlights
More than 400 industry professionals enjoyed a full day of training focused. Program attendees received six continuing education units by attending three general sessions, a keynote presentation and two breakout sessions. Use the links at left to view information about these sessions and the presenters.
The 21st Annual John J. Symanitz Award and 14th Annual David LeClair Award were also presented at Sales Congress.
 Congratulations to Greg Dattilo, who received MAHU’s highest award: the John J. Symanitz Award. Greg Dattilo, a longtime analyst and commentator on the U.S. health care system, has served for more than 34 years as an employee benefits consultant and is the founder of two successful firms, offering health insurance coverage to thousands across the nation. After evaluating the performance of various health care insurers and health coverage for decades, and assessing the performance of delivery systems, Dattilo feels he can recognize quality and identify the critical issues in health care. To see Greg’s full bio, click here.
 Congratulations to Fride Mauritzen from Direct Benefits, the David LeClair winner. Fride was born in Europe and is bilingual. Her family moved to Rosemount, Minnesota when she was 13 years old. She graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead in 1997 and enjoys being called a Cobber. Her professional career has included working at Delta Dental in Customer Service and Piper Jaffray Dain Rauscher as a broker’s assistant. Personally, she is an active member of the Twin Cities Humane Society and the Lutheran Memorial Church. Agents and brokers love working with her because of her product knowledge and service responsiveness. She’s a complex problem solver who always maintains her integrity.
New at this year’s Sales Congress was the silent auction to help raise funds towards MAHU’s public relations and legislative efforts. We are pleased to have raised $1600! We thank everyone who participated in bidding and congratulate those who won. The silent auction will return at next year’s Sales Congress. If you or your company would like to donate silent auction items, please contact the MAHU office.
We would like to give special thanks to all of our corporate sponsors and exhibitors, whose support and generosity make Sales Congress possible. Please take some time to visit our sponsors’ and exhibitors’ Web sites to learn more about them. Use the links at left to view our corporate sponsors and the Sales Congress exhibitors.
The 67th Annual Sales Congress was held at a new location: the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Park, MN. It provided a centralized location for the event with free parking for attendees. We welcome your feedback about the location or general comments about Sales Congress. Please send comments to the MAHU office. |
