American Insurance Group in Albert Lea’s agency director, Tom Sorenson, and Lori Bagley, customer service and claims manager, were recently awarded the designation of Certified Professional Insurance Agent, a professional designation conferred by the American Insurance Marketing and Sales Society.

Sorenson and Bagley successfully completed three insurance success seminars. The CPIA designation stands for professionalism, commitment to sales training and results and technical knowledge. The designation does require a biennial continuing education update.

The insurance success seminars have been rated very highly by both insurance agency sales support staff who have taken them and by participating company representatives.

The AIMS Society is the only insurance organization dedicated solely to recognizing training and service quality among property and casualty insurance personnel. The mission of the AIMS Society is to improve the selling skills and insurance knowledge of its members by upgrading professionalism through information and education, which will result in providing better service to the insurance-buying public.

Americana Insurance Group is located in the Prairie Center at 1450 W. Main St. in Albert Lea.