Russell Jan Pinney

Russell Jan Pinney, CLU, ChFC, CPCU (born December 11, 1946) is an American businessman who has been influential in the Life Insurance and Property/Casualty Insurance industries, as well as receiving national attention for various issues discussed during his tenure on the Roseville Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees.

Business Experience

*Russell Jan Pinney began his first life insurance agency—the R. Jan Pinney General Agency of Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company—in 1972. In 1975, it was incorporated as [http://www.pinneyinsurance.com Pinney Insurance Center, Inc] . [BBB Information for Pinney Insurance Center, Inc. http://necal.bbb.org/WWWRoot/Report.aspx?site=67&bbb=1156&firm=28001224#] It is a life insurance brokerage general agency, servicing over 4,000 life insurance agents nationwide, and representing over 60 life insurance companies. [Pinney Insurance Center: About Us http://www.pinneyinsurance.com/about.php]
*In 2002, Russell Jan Pinney created an online consumer-based life insurance website called [http://www.wholesaleinsurance.net Wholesale Insurance] . [BBB Information for Pinney Wholesale Insurance Services http://necal.bbb.org/WWWRoot/Report.aspx?site=67&bbb=1156&firm=28001224#] Pinney Wholesale Insurance Services, Inc. is a life insurance website where consumers can compare rates from various life insurance companies at the same time.
*LifeMark Partners: Russell Jan Pinney is a member of LifeMark Partners Board of Directors. [LifeMark Partners Board of Directors http://www.lifemarkpartners.com/public/AboutUs_ourboard.aspx] LifeMark Partners is a "single production source comprised nationally of 43 independent life brokerage agencies". [LifeMark Partners: About Us http://www.lifemarkpartners.com/public/AboutUs.aspx]

Volunteer Business Experience

*National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA): Pinney served as President of NAIFA California from 2004-2005. [NAIFA California Past Presidents http://www.naifacalifornia.org/AboutUs/PastPresidents.htm]
*Russell Jan Pinney is a founder of the National Society of Agents for Consumer Education [National Society of Agents for Consumer Education http://www.nsace.com] and is currently the Chairman of the Life Insurance Board for NSACE. [NSACE: Russell Jan Pinney as Chairman of the Life Insurance Board http://www.wholesaleinsurance.net/consumer-reports/term-life-insurance-advice.asp]
*Russell Jan Pinney is a member of The International Forum [The International Forum http://www.int-forum.org/] and the Association For Advanced Life Underwriting (AALU) [Association For Advanced Life Underwriting http://www.aalu.org/content.cfm?pageid=172] . [Pinney as Member of International Forum and AALU http://www.pinneyinsurance.com/marketing-team.php]

chool Board Tenure

*Russell Jan Pinney was appointed to the Roseville Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees in 1995 to fill a vacant seat. [VACANCY ON ROSEVILLE SCHOOL BOARD FILLED Published on June 7, 1995, Page B1, Sacramento Bee http://www.sacbee.com/109/story/7178.html] He was reelected in 1996, [PLACER Published on November 7, 1996, Page B5, Sacramento Bee http://www.sacbee.com/109/story/7178.html] 2000, [Incumbents mostly victorious amid big county turnout Published on November 9, 2000, Page B4, Sacramento Bee http://www.sacbee.com/109/story/7178.html] and 2004, [Placer County Published on November 4, 2004, Page B7, Sacramento Bee http://www.sacbee.com/109/story/7178.html] serving for 13 years straight on the school board. His current term is up in 2008. [Roseville Joint Union High School District School Board http://www.rjuhsd.k12.ca.us/board/boardtrustees.html]
*Russell Jan Pinney voted against the controversial "Quality Science Education Policy," keeping anti-evolution theories from being taught (against State laws) in local high schools. [Evolution theory rules in Roseville: A plan to teach competing views loses in a 3-2 school board vote. Published on June 2, 2004, Page B1, Sacramento Bee http://www.sacbee.com/109/story/7178.html]
*Russell Jan Pinney voted against allowing students to be released from school without parent's knowledge or consent for confidential medical treatments. [Students' privacy vs. adult rightsPublished on October 26, 2003, Page B1, Sacramento Bee http://www.sacbee.com/109/story/7178.html]

Awards

*Russell Jan Pinney is a 30-year Life and Qualifying Member of the Million Dollar Round Table, as well as a member of Top of the Table. To be a member of Top of the Table you must distinguish yourself by "producing at a level six times that of MDRT membership requirements." [MDRT Court of the Table and Top of the Table Information http://www.mdrt.org/membership/CourtoftheTable.asp]

National and Local Publications

*Russell Jan Pinney was quoted in the national magazine Advisors Today articles "Making Your Business a Top-Flight Operation" [Pinney quoted in Advisor Today article "Making Your Business a Top-Flight Operation" http://www.advisortoday.com/resources/topflight.html] and "Know Your Score." [Pinney quoted in Advisor Today article "Know Your Score" http://www.advisortoday.com/200603/knowyourscore.html]
*Jan Pinney has been quoted numerous times in the Sacramento Bee. [Sacramento Bee Archives http://www.sacbee.com/109/story/7178.html]

Appearing Before Governmental Bodies

*Russell Jan Pinney has testified and spoke before the California Senate Insurance Committee, The California Department of Insurance, and the Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies.

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