Property & Casualty Pre-Licensing Course - June 2025

Chris Kendall spent the majority of his working career with the Cincinnati Financial Corporation, where he was Vice President and Director of their Commercial Lines operations, which included close to 1,000 employees.  His duties included both teaching and managing underwriter training classes in property & casualty insurance.  Chris also has experience performing management duties on the agency side with Assured Partners.  He is now Executive Director of the Greater Cincinnati Insurance Board, the longest running insurance agent's association in America, founded in 1838.  Chris has been teaching property & casualty pre-license classes, as well as continuing education, in both a live and virtual environment for 7 years.

Cristie is a licensed Property, Casualty, Life, and Health insurance agent. She began her insurance career at an independent agency in Southern Ohio in 2015 as the administrative assistant while finishing college. In 2018, Cristie earned her P&C licensed and became the agency's commercial account manager. She was eager to learn how she could better help her clients and earned the Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation in 2020. Cristie then had the opportunity to become a leader within the agency, and in 2021 became a minority owner and the Vice President of Business Development. In 2024, Cristie joined the OIA as the P&C Training Specialist, tasked with helping to build a pre-licensing program. She now occupies the role of Market Access Manager at the OIA.

Cristie's favorite thing about the insurance industry has always been all of the wonderful people she gets an opportunity to meet. She says she's thankful to now enjoy the opportunity to help the agents she used to work alongside.

Known in some circles as The Beyoncé of Insurance (and not just because she runs the world of risk), Ashley Fitzsimmons brings both street cred and sparkle to the classroom. A proud millennial and fourth-generation insurance professional, she spent nearly a decade at her family’s independent agency near Scranton, PA, where she lived the day-to-day hustle of servicing clients, explaining coverage, and yes—sometimes writing policies for online dating horror stories turned learning moments.

In 2018, Ashley was named National CSR of the Year, thanks to her fierce dedication to her clients and her ability to make even the driest of policy language feel personal and relevant. Now, as Director of Professional Development at OIA, she’s traded client calls for coaching agents across the country—helping them grow, thrive, and avoid common pitfalls she knows all too well.

Whether she's leading a workshop, keynoting a conference, or chatting over a martini, Ashley brings authenticity, humor, and serious know-how to every conversation. She’s been where you are—and now she’s here to help you level up.