![]() Tom Ashley, AIAM, AIP, InstructorBack To About FAIA Home In 1987, Tom obtained his property-casualty and life & health life insurance
licenses and worked as an agent in Vero
Beach, Florida. In 1994,
he moved to Tallahassee and joined the staff of the Florida
Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (FAIFA), serving as VP of
Communications and Professional Development and later as senior vice president.
Tom served as FAIFA's primary CE instructor where he developed, wrote, and
oversaw Department of Financial Services (DFS) approval of FAIFA's CE classes
offered to members throughout the state. As FAIA insurance instructor, Tom's life and health
insurance background adds another dimension to FAIA's Education Department as he
assists FAIA members with life and health issues and provides top-notch life and
health insurance education. In addition, Tom oversees coursework for the AIAM
(Associate in Insurance Account Management) designation and provides assistance
with the AIP (Associate in Insurance Production) sales training courses.
Prior to his insurance and association experience, Tom served
as public relations director of Vista Properties, a developer of condominium and
golf communities in south Florida. He is a 1978 graduate of the
University of
Florida where he majored in
Public Relations. He is married to wife Laurie, a licensed building contractor
who owns Design Point Homes in Tallahassee. They have three daughters: Katie
(a student at American University's Washington College of Law), Meredith
(FSU), and Elizabeth (Lawton Chiles
High School).Email Tom Ashley |