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PRESENT A TIONS

Introducing the Program Business Professional (PBP) Designation

Tuesday, May 14 | 4:00 PM – H.B. Plant Ballroom (JW Marriott)

Topics covered will include:
Adam Carmichael, President of The Institutes
Knowledge Group • List of courses necessary to earn the PBP
designation
Greg Thompson, Past TMPAA President and
• How the courses can be used for Continuing
Target University Dean
Education (CE) credits
Join us for an exclusive presentation that outlines
the future of Program Business education and the • How the designation seamlessly links to other
esteemed industry designations, including the
pathway to achieving the new Program Business CPCU and CPL
Professional (PBP) designation. TMPAA and The
Institutes will discuss the strategic plan to replace • Official launch date
Target University and the CPL designation with a • Anticipated time to complete the designation
comprehensive new curriculum. The Institutes, a • Special rate for TMPAA members
leader in risk management and insurance education,
will manage content creation and testing protocols.

Adam Carmichael
As president of The Institutes Knowledge Group, Adam Carmichael leads strategic
development and delivery of courses and associated exams for The Institutes’ risk
management and insurance designation programs, including the CPCU program.
He also oversees new course and exam development to ensure that The Institutes’
education effectively meets customers’ professional development needs.

With over 20 years of experience at The Institutes—including as vice president of
the assessments department, director of market research, and director of research
for the Insurance Research Council—Carmichael is highly experienced in new
market and product research related to the risk management and insurance
industry, as well as in public policy research related to property-casualty insurance
issues. Before joining The Institutes in 2000, he worked in full-time ministry and served as director of
research for Capital Valuation Group, a specialty appraisal firm.

Greg Thompson
Greg Thompson, CPCU, ARM, CPL graduated from Washington and Lee University
and subsequently obtained an MBA at the University of Virginia’ s Darden School.
Greg served on the faculty of the European Institute of Business Administration
in Fontainebleau, France for several years before joining Marsh & McLennan in
New York in their Multinational Services Division. In 1979, Greg started Thompson
Insurance Enterprises, Inc. (THOMCO) headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Over a
period of 33 years, he built THOMCO from a fledgling wholesale insurance operation
to a Program Administrator with over $175 million in annual premium involving
over 15 national programs.
In 2012, THOMCO was sold to the Markel Insurance Company although Greg stayed on to run THOMCO.
He then became President of Markel Specialty before retiring from Markel in 2018. Greg is currently an
independent consultant.

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