MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS
PATRICK R. MORTON, CLU, ChFC
48 years in insurance sales as Trainer and Manager. Past President of the Columbus Life Underwriters Association and the Columbus GAMA. Pat is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from Columbus Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors, and the "Golden Apple" Training Award from the Financial Service Professionals in 2002. Pat teaches L&H, FINRA Series 6 and 63 and many CE classes.
DICK WETHERBEE, CLU, ChFC
59 year Insurance veteran – Past Manager, and CLU, AMTC, LUTC, ChFC, CEBS and CFP Instructor. Former Director of Insurance Marketing at Purdue University. 1992 Columbus CLU Man of the Year, awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by Columbus Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors and the Golden Apple award in 2004. Dick teaches FINRA Series 6, and advanced CE classes.
DONALD S. PENNINGTON, CLU, ChFC, CPCU45 years in insurance sales, management and license training. Don has a Masters in Education from University of North Carolina and was a public school teacher and principal there. An expert in multiple lines, he has taught thousands of P & C and Life and Health students to successfully pass the exam, as well as teaching CE classes. Don won the Golden Apple Award in 2007 from Financial Services Professionals.
NED THOMAS, CLU, ChFC, RHU, CFP, REBC
38 years in the insurance business, Ned is a specialist in Estate Planning and Retirement Distributions. He is past President of the Columbus Association of Insurance and Financial Professionals, winner of the 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2006 Golden Apple Award and is listed in the Who’s Who in Finance and Industry. He is a many time MDRT Top of the Table Award winner. Ned teaches advanced CE.
LARRY HUTCHINSON, CLU, ChFC
Larry has over 30 years of insurance sales management and training, and works extensively in the LTC market. A past President of Columbus National Association of Financial Advisors, Larry teaches Continuing Education, Securities and the Life & Health pre-license cram course.