[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5097]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        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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